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

なお、開発者認証機能は開発者の身元を確認するだけで、アプリの内容を精査するわけではありません。 商用として配布されるアプリではなく、実験的に開発されるアプリの場合、専用のAndroid Developer Consoleアカウントが利用できるとのことです。

Google is rolling out Android app verification, requiring all developers to confirm their identity. Starting 2026.

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

The updated tool, now called Google Cloud Console, brings together more than 60 Google APIs for developers.

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

The Google Play Console, Google's main tool for helping developers manage their Android applications in its store from beta to retirement, is getting a major update at Google I/O today.