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 ...

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

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

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

"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, ...

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

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

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 will require developer identity verification for all Android apps, including sideloading. New non-Play Developer ...

Google is introducing a developer verification programme for Android apps, requiring all developers to be verified to install ...