Google has delivered updates for developers that improve adaptive UI design, AI‑assisted creativity, and faster iteration ...

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

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

Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification ...

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

Google's new security initiative will require all Android app developers to pass verification before their apps can be ...

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

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

Google is testing a new interface to list apps that activate their own security features when Android 16's Advanced ...

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

Devices running Android 16 will pick up a new trick when the software update rolls out later this year: The ability to run a desktop-style interface while connected to an external display. An ...

After releasing the Terminal app for Android with its March 2025 Pixel Drop, Google is making Terminal more convenient to use with a new feature to add multiple tabs at once.