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.

According to its own survey, Google says that more than 50 times more malware came through internet-sideloaded sources ...

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 ...

The Android device platform has long been more open than Apple's iOS and iPadOS platforms, with Google making it easier for ...

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

Google is introducing an identity verification requirement for developers to register applications for installation on ...

Google is introducing a developer verification program for Android apps, requiring all developers to be verified to install ...

Google will require Android app developers to verify identity for sideloading apps by 2026, boosting user safety and ...

Google's new security initiative will require all Android app developers to pass verification before their apps can be ...

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