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

Android is adding new verification steps to sideloaded apps, introducing friction for advanced users while aiming to reduce ...

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 ...

As Google says itself, “online scams and malware campaigns are becoming more aggressive. At the global scale of Android, this translates to real harm for people around the world.” Thus the change. But ...

Google is putting together its framework for Android developer verification, connecting dev names to even sideloaded apps. Recent additions to the Android SDK offer a little insight into how the ...

Google is trying to keep Android users safer by making the sideloading app flow more difficult and convoluted, according to ...

Arguably the main reason Android can challenge Apple’s iPhone ecosystem is Google’s decision to keep it an open platform. However, this stance is shifting, as the company attempted to tighten its grip ...

Android apps can apparently also be installed via sideloading without developer verification by Google. But the process may be more complicated than before.

Sideloading has always been seen as one of the best perks of the Android operating system for many users. Not only does it let users sidestep Google's more restrictive Play Store, but it also gives ...