06:32 AM EDT, 10/14/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) on Friday petitioned a federal court judge to temporarily halt his order to open up its Android operating system app store Play to greater competition.

Google ( GOOG ) claimed that Judge James Donato's Oct. 7 order, set to go into effect on Nov. 1, would bring "serious safety, security, and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem" and "irreparably" hurt the tech giant.

A federal jury verdict last year sided against Google ( GOOG ) in a lawsuit by Epic Games, whose lawyers successfully argued Play breached antitrust laws, Reuters reported.

Donato ordered Google ( GOOG ) to allow competing in-app payment methods and bars it from paying phone, tablet, and television makers from to preinstall Play.

Google ( GOOG ) said it needs more time to comply with the ruling. "Given the very short timeframe-just three weeks-to implement a number of technically and procedurally complex changes, there is a significant risk that they will not work properly or cannot be accomplished at scale when implemented on Nov. 1," the company said.

Google ( GOOG ) did not immediately reply to MT Newswires' request for comment

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