U.S. District Court Judge James Donato has instead agreed to extend the implementation of his permanent injunction until October 29. Here is the text of the order. It’s short!
Order On the joint application of the parties, MDLDKt. No. 1110, the upcoming October 22, 2025 deadline to vacate certain provisions of the injunction in this case, MDLDKT No. 1017, has been extended to October 29, 2025. Signed by Judge James Donato on 10/20/2025.
It’s also unclear why Google debated the extension, or why Epic agreed to it, after Epic CEO Tim Sweeney had previously called the Oct. 22 deadline because that’s the day “developers would be legally entitled to let us play Google Play users without any fees, scary screens, and friction.” Public documents filed by both sides cite no reason for the delay.
So… October 29th. Google said earlier Verge That he will comply with his legal obligations while he continues his appeal, so on the same day we expect Google’s pages to stop saying 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 had previously said it would file its Supreme Court appeal by October 27.
