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

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

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 ...

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

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Google has announced that it will block the sideloading of unverified Android apps found outside the Play Store starting next year if their developers fail to comply with the company's upcoming new ...

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

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One feature that makes Android so special is the freedom to sideload APK (Android Package Kit) files, letting you install compatible apps outside the Play Store. The good news is that sideloading ...