U.S. District Court Judge James Donato has just agreed to delay enforcement of his permanent injunction until October 29. Here is the text of the command. It’s brief!
ORDER. At the joint request of the parties, MDL Dkt. No. 1110, the October 22, 2025 deadline on which certain provisions of the injunction, MDL Dkt No. 1017, in this case should take effect, is vacated and extended until October 29, 2025. Signed by Judge James Donato on 10/20/2025.
It’s also unclear why Google advocated for the extension, or why Epic agreed to it, after Epic CEO Tim Sweeney previously celebrated the October 22 deadline as the day “developers will have the legal right to direct US Google Play users to out-of-app payments with no fees, no screen scares, and no friction – like App users Apple Store in the United States!” Public documents filed by both parties do not mention the reason for the delay.
So… October 29th. Google has already said The edge that it would meet its legal obligations while pursuing its appeal, so this is the day we expect to see Google pages like this stop stating that Google Play billing is required for developers who distribute apps through Google Play.
Unless, of course, the Supreme Court grants a stay by then… Google previously said it would file its appeal with the Supreme Court by October 27.
