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

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

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

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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 ...

The open nature of Android is about see a big change, as Google looks to enforce its verification policy for all developers.

Google is widening its developer verification requirements to include all apps that can be installed on certified Android ...

Google will require Android app developers to verify identity for sideloading apps by 2026, boosting user safety and ...

In an effort to increase security around sideloading, Google will be rolling out identity verification for developers ...

Google will block APK sideloading on Android by 2026. What does the ban mean for developers, consumer rights, and the future ...

Android’s new rule requires all app developers to submit personal information to Google, even for apps outside the Play Store. Critics argue this threatens user freedom and ignores solutions.

Google will make sideloading, the direct installation of software on Android devices, impossible in 2026 if the publisher has ...