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

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

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

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 is introducing new restrictions on Android app distribution, and it could spell the end for some popular third-party ...

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

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

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

Google will restrict sideloading with developer verification. The move mirrors Apple's long-standing security approach. Android loses one of its last big differences from iOS. For years, one of the ...

Developers say they understand how somone could create a program to do things that users wouldn't particularly care for, and why Google needs to guard against that.