Rumors about Google removing the ability to sideload apps on Android have been swirling for months, but the company has ...

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’s plans to verify the identity of developers releasing apps even outside the Play Store sparked fears Android was about to get a whole lot less open. Not so, says Google, insisting in a new ...

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...

Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app ...

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...

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 ...