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

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

Google will enforce a policy from 2026, allowing only apps from verified developers on certified Android devices to enhance ...

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

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

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

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

On 25 August, the tech giant announced that all developers — whether publishing on the Play Store or via sideloading — will ...

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