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

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

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

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...

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

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

Google is limiting certain Android devices' ability to side-load third-party apps, and it's all in the name of safety. But ...

Android’s new rule requires all app developers to submit personal information to Google, even for apps outside the Play Store. Critics argue this threatens user freedom and ignores solutions.

Google announced this week that it will add a new requirement for those who make Android apps and want them to work on ...

Google has announced a rather strict requirement which enforces all apps (including sideloaded software) to come from ...