Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

Google is slowly rolling out new rules for sideloading on Android. Starting next year, developers in some regions will have to verify themselves in order to distribute apps. Without verification, you ...

An Android SDK update raises questions about the impact of developer verification on users' ability to sideload apps when offline.

On Android, installing apps outside Google Play is disabled by default to reduce malware and security risks. You can enable the ability to install Android apps from ...

Many e-readers released in recent years support app downloads or sideloading, but do not have Google Play or Google Play Services. It will soon become more challenging to do this with a new Google ...

Google is making a push to ensure its AI, Gemini, is tightly integrated with Android systems by granting it access to core apps like WhatsApp, Messages, and Phone. The rollout of this change started ...

Apps are something we access on a daily basis, either through our smartphones or tablets. We might use an app to monitor the weather, to track our fitness, to keep a to-do list, to look at photos we ...

While the stable build of Android 16 is not yet available, the major QPR1 update is already available in beta, bringing the big Material 3 Expressive redesign along with it. Here’s how to install ...

Android 16’s big redesign has finally arrived, with the QPR1 update now available to Google Pixel owners. Here’s how to install it. What’s new in Android 16 QPR1? Following a familiar initial release ...