Google will make rival Android app stores easier to find after judge says process is ‘not acceptable’ yet

Following the arrival of third-party Android app stores on Google Play earlier this week, a judge in Google’s ongoing court battle has said that the current state is “not acceptable,” and Google will make changes as a result.

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