Google has announced significant changes to Android’s app sideloading functionality, implementing new developer verification requirements that will take effect in 2026. The initiative aims to enhance ...

From 2026, only verified developers can distribute Android apps, reshaping security and openness across the platform.

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

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

Google’s upcoming plan to tighten app sideloading on Android has raised eyebrows among users who value the platform’s ...

PhonePe announced the launch of the Indus appstore developer platform, and invited all Android app developers to list their soon-to-be launched "Made-in-India" Indus Appstore, applications on it ...

Google will block APK sideloading on Android by 2026. What does the ban mean for developers, consumer rights, and the future ...

A new leak suggests that Android OEMs (beyond Samsung and Google) could make their Android 16 platform update announcements ...

In this respect, Android does not resemble a single platform, but rather appears more as a platform upon which other platforms are built, a meta-platform.

As Chinese smartphone makers rush to equip AI features, the issue of user data collection has become the focus of debate.