Based on previous work, it is shown how a time varying gravitational constant can account for the apparent tension between Hubble’s constant and a newly predicted age of the universe. The rate of expansion, about nine percent greater than previously estimated, can be accommodated by two specific models, treating the gravitational constant as an order parameter. The deviations from ∧CDM are slight except in the very early universe, and the two time varying parametrizations for
G lead to precisely the standard cosmological model in the limit where,
, as well as offering a possible explanation for the observed tension. It is estimated that in the current epoch,
, where
H0 is Hubble’s parameter, a value within current observational bounds.