Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

Google is testing a new interface to list apps that activate their own security features when Android 16's Advanced ...

The open nature of Android is about see a big change, as Google looks to enforce its verification policy for all developers.

Google is slowly rolling out new restrictions on sideloading for Android. Eventually, developers will have to verify their ...

Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification ...

In the Google Translate app, users can set their language skill level, and it will create custom speaking and listening ...

Android developer verification is largely targeting commercial developers, with Google saying that it’s “committed to keeping Android an open platform” for student and hobbyist developers. Google is ...

Android and iOS have long borrowed ideas from each other, and that pattern isn’t slowing down. Google’s Phone app is rolling out custom calling cards on Android, letting users tweak how their incoming ...

Google has blocked 77 apps with millions of downloads after the discovery that they were laced with money-stealing malware.

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...