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

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 ...

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

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

The open nature of Android is about see a big change, as Google looks to enforce its verification policy for all developers.

Google is introducing an identity verification requirement for developers to register applications for installation on ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...