Most Android devices default to the Google Play Store for downloading and installing apps, but it's far from the only place to get apps from.

Google being able to ban developers operating outside the Play Store transforms Android into an iOS-like walled garden. When ...

Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, ...

Google will make sideloading, the direct installation of software on Android devices, impossible in 2026 if the publisher has not registered with Google.

Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered ...