The now-delayed order would have forced Google to make sweeping changes to its Play Store for Android smartphones starting Nov. 1.

That means Google may not have to open up its Play Store for years, if at all, while it appeals the verdict. In December, a jury unanimously decided that Google’s Android app store, the Play Store, had become an illegal monopoly, though Google is now appealing that jury verdict as well as the court’s order.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google won’t have to immediately revamp its Google Play store policies, after a federal judge in California temporarily paused his order that would have forced the technology giant to overhaul its app marketplace.

A federal judge in California has granted Google's request to temporarily pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. 1 to give consumers more choice over how they download software.

On October 7, a U.S. District Judge by the name James Donato issued an injunction that made Google required enabling alternative payment systems to be available within apps.

A federal judge temporarily halts a ruling requiring Google to make significant changes to the Play Store amid its legal battle with Epic Games, except for an injunction on payment terms effective November 1.