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 ...

The tech giant stresses that this does not mean developers can’t distribute outside of the Play Store through other app ...

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for ...

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

Passkeys are gaining popularity as an alternative to passwords with higher security. Google shows how developers can motivate ...

Google's new security initiative will require all Android app developers to pass verification before their apps can be ...

Google has delivered updates for developers that improve adaptive UI design, AI‑assisted creativity, and faster iteration ...

Google being able to ban developers operating outside the Play Store transforms Android into an iOS-like walled garden. When ...

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

Surprise! Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 today so that app developers can test the new APIs and behavior changes that’ll arrive in next year’s big update.

Although Android already has a sandboxed Linux terminal available, this Google model will be geared toward developers.