Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...

Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

Google is addressing doubts regarding the upcoming developer verification for Android app sideloading. More details here.

Android apps outside Play Store now need verification, but ADB still lets users sideload without digital signatures.

About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

Google says sideloading will remain on Android under new developer verification rules, but concerns persist for indie app ...

For years, one of Android’s defining traits has been the freedom to sideload apps—installing them from outside the Play Store. That freedom isn’t disappearing, but Google is tightening the rules ...

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After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores ...

Rumors about Google removing the ability to sideload apps on Android have been swirling for months, but the company has finally denied those rumors.

In late August, Google announced new rules for sideloading on Android. Under the policy, all developers must verify their identity starting from 2026 for security reasons. The policy sparked ...