US Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store reforms

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge’s order requiring Alphabet’s Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the company prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.

The justices turned down Google’s request to temporarily freeze parts of the injunction won by Epic in its lawsuit accusing the tech giant of monopolising how consumers access apps on Android devices and pay for transactions within apps.

A federal appeals court in July upheld the judge’s sweeping order…