To download and install an app on Android, you need to prep your device. Forgoing the Play Store bypasses Google's security ...

Haroun authors features for Android Police, covering Samsung, Google, and the wider Android ecosystem. He first joined in 2021, cutting his teeth on over 300 news stories before moving on to features ...

New warning for millions of Play Store users. Google is on a mission to enhance security for Android users, narrowing the infamous gap to Apple’s more secure, more private iPhone. Play Store is key to ...

Android’s whole pitch has always been openness. You can sideload apps, get APKs from the web, and even switch to third-party app stores — Google doesn’t stop you from doing any of that (for now, at ...

You're not stuck with the Amazon App Store.

Open-source software is free by definition, but the people who make it still have bills to pay. One of those bills is a fee ...

The third-party Android app store called F-Droid has been completely overhauled and I urge you to give it a try. For the vast majority of Android users, the Google Play Store is the only known option ...

Google is building higher fences around its Play Store, as the fast and loose world of sideloading comes under increasing pressure. If Android is to narrow the security gap to iPhone, then this is a ...