Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google ...

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

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

If you’ve got a Google Pixel phone, getting Android 12 is usually pretty straightforward. Most of the time, you can just grab ...

With Android Developer Verifier expected to operate in the background and without an off switch, this could leave those ...

Google will restrict sideloading to verified developers starting 2026, blocking unverified APK installations even outside the ...

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

Google revives Androidify with AI, powered by Gemini and Imagen, letting users create personalized Android bot avatars.

Starting next year, Android will block sideloaded apps from unverified developers. If you're thinking this sounds familiar, you're right: it's exactly the kind of control Apple has always exercised ...

Android 16’s big redesign has finally arrived, with the QPR1 update now available to Google Pixel owners. Here’s how ...

Google will require developer identity verification for all Android apps, including sideloading. New non-Play Developer Console will collect legal name, address, email and phone; info won't be public.

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...