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 ...

The tech giant stresses that this does not mean developers can’t distribute outside of the Play Store through other app ...

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

Android developers using third-party app stores will soon need their identity confirmed by Google. ...

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

The Android device platform has long been more open than Apple's iOS and iPadOS platforms, with Google making it easier for ...

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

Google will be starting an early access program for verification in October 2025, where participants can join a community ...

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

More than 50 times more malware came through internet-sideloaded sources compared with Google Play.” That sober statistic, ...

Google will now conduct all its active Android development internally, ceasing real-time code commits to the public AOSP branches. This change aims to improve efficiency by eliminating merge ...