Despite Google's best efforts, and the many fail-safes in place protecting users, Android fans need to know the telltale signs of a fraudulent app. When an Android developer publishes an app on the ...

Google is addressing doubts regarding the upcoming developer verification for Android app sideloading. More details here.

Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

There is more than one way to play Steam games on your Android phone, but the GameNative platform gives you native Steam gameplay and offline access.

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google's new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity.

About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

The company insisted that sideloading is here to stay, which has been one of the biggest questions Android enthusiasts have been asking. F-Droid recently warned that Google’s new rules could make it ...

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends verification as a security step.

Google says sideloading isn’t going away on Android, but new rules will require developers to verify their identity for sideloaded apps, raising fresh debates about security and openness.

In late August, Google announced new rules for sideloading on Android. Under the policy, all developers must verify their identity starting from 2026 for security reasons. The policy sparked ...

Google’s new developer ID rule may tighten Android security — or end its open-source freedom. Here’s what’s at stake.

For years, one of Android’s defining traits has been the freedom to sideload apps—installing them from outside the Play Store. That freedom isn’t disappearing, but Google is tightening the rules ...