All apps have a common purpose, no matter what platform you use them on. While apps built for a particular form factor and screen size have advantages for the users of that ecosystem, denying people ...

Most Android devices default to the Google Play Store for downloading and installing apps, but it's far from the only place ...

You might sideload an Android app, or manually install its APK package, if you're using a custom version of Android that doesn't include Google's Play Store ...

Google is slowly rolling out new rules for sideloading on Android. Starting next year, developers in some regions will have to verify themselves in order to distribute apps. Without verification, you ...

Android, unlike some phone operating systems, allows users to install software from outside the default app store (even if you don't live in Europe). And that's good, because there's all kinds of ...

An updated API available to Android app developers can force users to download the app from Google Play, blocking the app from working if it is sideloaded. First announced at Google I/O 2024, the ...

Microsoft has released a new test version of Windows 11—version KB5064093, also known as Windows Insider Preview Build 26200.5761. Among the new features is the ability to resume apps from an Android ...

Many e-readers released in recent years support app downloads or sideloading, but do not have Google Play or Google Play Services. It will soon become more challenging to do this with a new Google ...

With TikTok’s fate in the U.S. uncertain — its ban in the country has been paused, but only temporarily, thanks to an executive order from President Donald Trump — the ByteDance-owned company is now ...