Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Save time and perform all sorts of advanced Android app sorcery with these off-the-beaten-path Play Store tricks.

Google will soon verify the identities of developers who distribute Android apps outside the Play Store. Developers must submit their information to a new Android Developer Console, increasing their ...

Android's open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...

Google has pushed its 2025 “Google System Updates,” the monthly bundle that ships improvements via Play services, the Play ...

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

Back in July, Google detailed a new “System services” page to update background apps that help power your Android device. Besides Google Play services, there are a ton of other first-party ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of anonymous origins.