The Supreme Court has told Apple and Epic Games they'll have to wait: arguments in the companies' long-running App Store dispute won't be heard until January 2027. The court convened for its October session with the scheduling news, pushing the marquee tech case into the new year.

The delay extends a legal fight that has already run for years across multiple venues, and the battles in the lower courts continue in parallel while the high court's calendar fills. For both companies, the stakes haven't changed — the case sits at the center of the fight over App Store rules, developer payments, and how much control Apple can exert over software distribution on the iPhone.

Practically, the postponement means the status quo holds for several more months. Developers, regulators, and rival platforms watching the case for a definitive ruling on Apple's App Store model will now be waiting until well into 2027 for arguments, with a decision to follow later still. In a dispute defined by attrition, both sides just got another reminder that the clock is part of the battlefield.