Android developer verification is largely targeting commercial developers, with Google saying that it’s “committed to keeping ...

Google is introducing new restrictions on Android app distribution, and it could spell the end for some popular third-party ...

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

According to its own survey, Google says that more than 50 times more malware came through internet-sideloaded sources ...

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their identities, even if they do not list their apps on its ...

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

Google Play Store has a problem, and I want it fixed. And I'm confident I'm not the only one who wants to see this change.

Google is changing how Android apps are shared. Starting in 2026, all developers, even outside the Play Store, must verify ...

Sideloading is about to get safer as Google begins verifying developer identities for apps distributed outside the Play Store ...

Google is slowly rolling out new restrictions on sideloading for Android. Eventually, developers will have to verify their ...

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...