U.S. judge orders Google to make changes to its app store to allow more competition

A U.S. judge has ordered Alphabet's Google to make changes to its app store to allow more competition and give Android users additional options.

The order comes after a jury verdict in an Epic Games anti-trust case last year.

U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco ordered the changes on Monday, which include making Android apps available from rival sources.

The judge's order restricts Google from "making payments to device makers to preinstall its app store and from sharing revenue generated from the Play store with other app distributors," Reuters reported.

Google has vowed to appeal the verdict in the case and request a pause on the judge's order.

"Ultimately, while these changes presumably satisfy Epic, they will cause a range of unintended consequences that will harm American consumers, developers and device makers," Google said.