Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores.

With these changes, Google is signaling that Android's future lies in greater openness – on its terms. Developers will soon ...

Google is also launching a new “Registered App Stores” program to improve the install flow for third‑party stores that meet its security and quality standards.

Since launching Google Play (née Android Market) in 2008, Google has never made a change to the US store that it didn’t want to make—until now. Having lost the antitrust case brought by Epic Games, ...