Google being able to ban developers operating outside the Play Store transforms Android into an iOS-like walled garden. When ...

The tech giant stresses that this does not mean developers can’t distribute outside of the Play Store through other app ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

"Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed by users on certified Android ...

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for ...

Google will require Android app developers to verify identity for sideloading apps by 2026, boosting user safety and ...

Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app ...

Google recently said that every app developer within the Android ecosystem will soon require full identification by the company. The tech giant presented the massive change ...

Google is widening its developer verification requirements to include all apps that can be installed on certified Android ...

Google has announced a rather strict requirement which enforces all apps (including sideloaded software) to come from ...

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they ...

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the ...