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

Google is introducing an identity verification requirement for developers to register applications for installation on ...

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

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

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

Google is testing a new interface to list apps that activate their own security features when Android 16's Advanced ...