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

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.

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

Google announced this week that it will add a new requirement for those who make Android apps and want them to work on ...

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

Android will block users from sideloading apps made by unverified developers next year, but we may have found a workaround.

Scheduled for rollout starting in September 2026, the program aims to restrict malware distribution by requiring developer ...

( NewsNation) — Google is taking a page out of Apple’s lead with its latest announcement to tighten security for its devices.

Sideloading is about to get safer as Google begins verifying developer identities for apps distributed outside the Play Store ...

Google Offers Android App Developers $90 Million to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit Around 48,000 app developers will be eligible for compensation if approved.