Google is cracking down on sideloading. Users will only be able to install apps from verified developers without a number of painful extra steps. Now a new warning has just highlighted why this is ...

The verification rollout, for which you can read sideloading restrictions, starts this year but really kicks into full effect next year. The issue for Google, Samsung and others, is that around ...

Google says Android is getting a "high-friction" sideloading flow, but insists it's an accountability layer about risk awareness.

Ahead of Google's mandatory developer registration for sideloaded apps, the company's getting the Play Store ready.

Google is working on the largest overhaul of the Android app install process in years and is now bringing a more rigorous app ...

Google announced changes to Android app sideloading last year that would require developer verification as a safety measure, ...

Google recently decided that the freedom afforded by Android was a bit too much and announced developer verification, a system that will require developers outside the Google Play platform to register ...

Google is reshaping what an Android phone can do, not with a single flashy launch, but through a steady stream of quiet ...

Participants in the Android Beta Program get first dibs on the next update, which is set to land in official form next year Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on ...

A new version of Android Auto is now live for all users; unfortunately, it seems to undo a cosmetic change that was ...