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

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

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...

Android will block users from sideloading apps made by unverified developers next year, but we may have found a workaround.

Scheduled for rollout starting in September 2026, the program aims to restrict malware distribution by requiring developer ...

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

Google is also developing a new Android Developer Console specifically for Android developers who don't distribute their apps via Google Play, and there will be a separate console for student and ...

Google has announced significant changes to Android’s app sideloading functionality, implementing new developer verification requirements that will take effect in 2026. The initiative aims to enhance ...

Google is rolling out Android app verification, requiring all developers to confirm their identity. Starting 2026.

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

Currently, developer verification is already required for the Play Store but not for apps installed from other sources. Today ...

If you’re a Android developer and you would like to try the new design of the Android Developer Console, you can access it from here.