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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Google has announced a rather strict requirement which enforces all apps (including sideloaded software) to come from ...

Google will be starting an early access program for verification in October 2025, where participants can join a community ...

Google plans to begin requiring developer verification for all sideloading of APK app files on Android - here's what that ...

Sideloading is about to get safer as Google begins verifying developer identities for apps distributed outside the Play Store ...

Starting next year, Android will block sideloaded apps from unverified developers. If you're thinking this sounds familiar, ...