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

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

About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

You can also disable the Android Auto Developer options from the same three-dot menu by selecting the Close developer mode option. You'll find a long list of options in this new settings menu. Since ...

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they will ...

After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores and ...

If you're running an older version of Android Auto, check whether this option is available by tapping Day/Night in the ...

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Google will restrict sideloading with developer verification. The move mirrors Apple's long-standing security approach. Android loses one of its last big differences from iOS. For years, one of the ...

From October 22, Android developers can enable link-outs to purchases from inside their games live in under 24 hours with a ...

You can disable Android's Bluetooth absolute volume feature, which makes the phone's and a Bluetooth device's volume work ...