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

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 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 ...

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

Google has delivered updates for developers that improve adaptive UI design, AI‑assisted creativity, and faster iteration ...

Google being able to ban developers operating outside the Play Store transforms Android into an iOS-like walled garden. When ...

An Android app developer sued Google for allegedly anticompetitive, unlawful practices related to its Google Play Store, according to Hagens Berman.