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

Google is limiting certain Android devices' ability to side-load third-party apps, and it's all in the name of safety. But ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

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

Google has announced that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android ...

Google is slowly rolling out new restrictions on sideloading for Android. Eventually, developers will have to verify their ...

A worldwide roll-out is expected to take place from 2027. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sideloading is about to get safer as Google begins verifying developer identities for apps distributed outside the Play Store ...

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

Google has removed 77 harmful applications from its Play Store, part of a larger effort to eliminate privacy-violating apps and enhance user security.

Google is soon going to make sideloading apps harder for all users, particularly those using Android e-readers.

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