Scheduled for rollout starting in September 2026, the program aims to restrict malware distribution by requiring developer ...

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

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

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

Google is introducing a new requirement in Android for side-loaded apps (those installed from sources other than the Google ...

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