Apple’s iOS 26.2 beta brings EU-style App Store reforms to Japan, letting users install third-party app stores and choose ...

As hinted by the first beta of iOS 26.2, Apple will allow users in Japan to install alternative app stores on their devices ...

Apple is losing its App Store monopoly in more and more countries. The list is soon to reach 30 regions.

AltStore, an alternative app store, has launched its first batch of third-party iOS apps in the European Union. The rollout comes a few months after the company launched an updated version of its app ...

Japanese iPhone owners are able to start using alternative app storefronts on their devices, as the first iOS 26.2 developer beta grants permission for them to be installed.

The European Union (EU) used the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) to force Apple to allow third-party App Store alternatives on the iPhone. The DMA also brings third-party payments and sideloading to the ...

Apple on Tuesday released the first beta of iOS 26.2 to developers, and it appears that the software will allow users in ...

Apple is reportedly testing third-party app stores in Japan, with leaked screenshots from the iOS 26.2 beta showing support ...

Even with the Epic Games Store set to launch in the EU on iPhone, Epic has announced its games will be coming to other alternative app stores that "give developers a great deal," like AltStore PAL.

Epic Games has granted AltStore PAL a MegaGrant for innovating in app distribution. AltStore PAL will use this grant to cover Apple’s Core Technology Fee and let EU users access its digital storefront ...

Apple will open the iPhone and iPad to third-party app stores in Japan with the release of iOS 26.2, following a new ruling ...

Apple is opening iOS to third-party app stores in Japan with iOS 26.2, ahead of the country’s new competition law enforcement ...