Apple will support sideloading apps on iPhone in iOS 17 - here’s how it works and everything we know about it.

Apple iOS 17.4 version is out now (Image via Unsplash/Bagus Hernawan) Apple has not provided any official instructions on how to sideload apps on iPhone with the iOS 17.4 update.

Apple has been under pressure in the European Union as the Digital Markets Act antitrust legislation requires the company to allow users to sideload apps outside the App Store to increase ...

The ability to sideload apps on iPhones and iPads will be available in the EU from March 2024. Devices will need to be updated to iOS 17.4, which has just received a beta release.

It is safe to sideload apps on your iPhone unless you are downloading third-party apps from un-trusted sources and using the jailbreaking method to sideload apps on your iPhone.

App sideloading, an Android staple, is rumored to be a new feature in iOS 17, allowing users to install apps from sources other than the App Store.

Initially the code was inactive, and it was still possible to install any iOS apps on M1 Macs by downloading an .ipa file for iPad and installing it with Apple Configurator 2 or Imazing.

you just can't sideload iOS apps that the developers have chosen to block on macs. that's it. in my experience with loading all the blocked iOS games I own on my m1 mac, NONE OF THEM WORKED anyway ...

Apple has posted a guide on its website which warns users of the dangers of side-loading apps on iPhones and other iOS devices.