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

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

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

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

"Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed by users on certified Android ...

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, ...

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they ...

Google announced new security measures for Android app distribution, requiring developers to verify their identities for apps ...

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