The previous maximum price for an app was $400. Now, app creators can price their apps at $999.99, or the equivalent in local currency. The lowest a paid app can cost remains the same -- 5 cents. Google takes a 15% cut from these prices, at least up to the first $1 million, at which point the cut increases to 30%.

Alphabet's Google and “Fortnite” maker Epic Games faced off in a U.S. court on Thursday, as a judge weighs how Google could be forced to open its lucrative app store Play to greater competition.

Google tried to confront the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire on Thursday as federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has deferred the hearing of petitions against Google's Play Store billing policy to July 5. App developers, including Shaadi.com and Kuku FM, seek reconsideration of fees on in-app payments.

Google has tried to confront the latest in a succession of legal attacks on its digital empire Thursday as federal judge began to address anticompetitive practices in the app market for smartphones powered by its Android software.

Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws.

Google has posted an official response to the proposed Play Store change that Epic requested in court, stating that these remedies are "bad for everyone