Google has moved for an emergency stay on the Epic judgment, as the Court gave just three weeks to make sweeping changes to the Play Store.

Google says in a statement about its motion that opening up its Play Store to third-party app stores "harms safety and privacy" and "puts users at risk."

Google has asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of a recent Epic ruling. Judge James Donato recently ruled that Google must allow

The company says the imminent deadline to implement changes gives it little time to try to mitigate ‘serious risks.’

Google says that opening up its Play Store to third-party app stores "harms safety and privacy" and "puts users at risk."