If you're a fan of Android's freedom to install apps from anywhere, you might have been worried by Google's recent announcement. The company is tightening the reins on its mobile OS, with a new policy ...

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally ...

Sideloading Android apps is about to get quite a bit more annoying if Google has its way. The changes come from new policies implemented by Google, which will add an extra step when downloading apps ...

Google is introducing a new sideloading flow on Android that includes a mandatory 24-hour lock and multiple steps when installing apps from unverified developers. The change is aimed at preventing ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements. Image: Google Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their ...

You might sideload an Android app, or manually install its APK package, if you’re using a custom version of Android that doesn’t include Google’s Play Store ...

Google will soon require every Android app developer—not just those on the Play Store—to verify their identity as it rolls out its new Android Developer Verification program. Google's goal is to ...

Google is taking steps to secure one of Android's core features: the ability to install apps outside the official Play Store. While the practice of sideloading remains fundamental to the OS—and Google ...