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 ...

If you enabled it, the feature logs and stores places you visit in your Maps app. But you can turn it off later if you decide you don't want it to track your whereabouts.

By making on-device intelligence free and developer-friendly, Apple is betting its framework will quietly reshape apps across health, education and productivity.