Obtaining Android apps outside of the Google Play Store can be a mixed bag. While Android offers the flexibility to install most apps, you must be cautious about where you get these files.

Over the last couple of years, the number of smartphone users has increased dramatically and so is the number of apps and games available for the phones. Two big OS players in the smartphone market ...

This tutorial explains how to download APK files from the Google Play Store using the desktop version of the Google Chrome or Firefox web browser. Android application package or APK is the file format ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Most of us will download an app from Google Play or the iOS App Store without a second thought, confident the giant corporations behind the stores are keeping us safe from digital harm. If you own a ...

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