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

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

"Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed by users on certified Android ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although Android already has a sandboxed Linux terminal available, this Google model will be geared toward developers.

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

Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app ...

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 ...