Google insists sideloading on Android will survive, but doubts remain for independent app stores

Google says sideloading will remain on Android under new developer verification rules, but concerns persist for indie app ...

Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...
Electronics Weekly

Google shares first Android 16 Developer Preview

Google is releasing the first iteration of the next major update of its mobile operating system, an Android 16 Developer Preview. Its Preview 1 is now available for testing against apps. The system is ...
Hackaday

Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores ...
Hackaday

Google Will Require Developer Verification Even For Sideloading

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they will ...
TalkAndroidOpinion

Google’s Developer Rules Threaten Sideloading and App Store Choice

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must ...

Android’s new Developer Verification program may change how you install apps

Google argues that the Android Developer Verification program isn't meant to put an end to sideloading but instead will help ...

F-Droid project threatened by Google's new dev registration rules

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google's new requirements for all Android developers to verify ...
TechRepublic

Google to Require Identity Verification for Android App Developers: Here’s the Rollout Timeline

Google to Require Identity Verification for Android App Developers: Here’s the Rollout Timeline Your email has been sent Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their identities, ...
ITWire

iTWire - Unlocked Google Android developer gPhones now available

We then discovered that the original G1 Android gPhone is already on sale down under, thanks to grey imports, but now the news comes that Google itself will sell the G1 gPhone to Australians directly ...
Network World

Google Android developer advocate: everyone’s doing networking wrong

Google developer advocate Colt McAnlis: “Bad networking costs your customers money.” Google developer advocate Colt McAnlis said that Android apps, almost across the board, are not architected ...
CRN

Google Android Developers Not Surprised By Kill Switch

"We're not too concerned. We're not making malicious apps. It should be fine and I totally understand why they'd want to do it," said Jeff Kao, co-founder of Ecorio, a Toronto-based developer. Ecorio ...