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

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 ...

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

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the ...

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

Google is tightening the screws on Android security. From March 2026, developers who distribute apps outside the Play Store ...

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 ...

Speed Is UX—And Developers Know It User experience isn’t just about how things look—it’s about how fast they work. In fact, Google data shows that if an app takes more than 3 seconds to ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google said on Tuesday it will make it easier for app developers to steer customers to channels other than Google after the European Union competition watchdog charged ...