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

Google is introducing new restrictions on Android app distribution, and it could spell the end for some popular third-party ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Google will require developer verification for all Android apps in 2026, making sideloading harder but aiming to curb fake, ...

Google recently said that every app developer within the Android ecosystem will soon require full identification by the company. The tech giant presented the massive change ...

Apple has already done something similar in the EU under the Digital Services Act, requiring developer identity verification ...

Instead of Developer Previews, we’re now getting an Android Canary release channel. Google today is “announcing a significant evolution ...