Developers must now agree to let their Android app icons be themed or they won't be allowed to distribute on the Google Play Store.

Google released Android 13 in H2 2022. Among other changes, it shipped with themed app icons support, allowing apps to change ...

Google will restrict sideloading to verified developers starting 2026, blocking unverified APK installations even outside the ...

Android will block users from sideloading apps made by unverified developers next year, but we may have found a workaround.

SINGAPORE – Come September 2026, Android smartphone users in Singapore will find it more difficult to download apps from outside the Google Play Store – a process known as sideloading. In an Aug 25 ...

One of the biggest strengths of Android to iOS is that you can choose to install apps outside of the Google Play Store by sideloading. However, Google is set to remove this standout Android feature as ...

For Android app developers that have been slow to adopt Google’s push for themed app icons, there’s no longer a choice.

Android 16 QPR2 will bring forced themes to apps that don't support Material You, and Google isn't letting any app developer opt out.

Android developers have less than two months left to make their apps compatible with Google Play’s new requirement for 16 KB memory page sizes. Starting ...

The appearance of your Android phone may be about to change thanks to a new Google update. It's not a software update for ...