Android is adding new verification steps to sideloaded apps, introducing friction for advanced users while aiming to reduce ...

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Google says Android is getting a "high-friction" sideloading flow, but insists it's an accountability layer about risk ...

As Google says itself, “online scams and malware campaigns are becoming more aggressive. At the global scale of Android, this translates to real harm for people around the world.” Thus the change. But ...

Google is trying to keep Android users safer by making the sideloading app flow more difficult and convoluted, according to ...

Google announced changes to Android app sideloading last year that would require developer verification as a safety measure, ...

A lot of information about the future of sideloading apps on Android has been swirling around the internet in the last month, ever since Google announced it would make major changes to how it will ...

Google may soon add online developer verification for sideloaded Android apps, offering users extra protection without fully ...

Google is working on the largest overhaul of the Android app install process in years and is now bringing a more rigorous app ...

Google is putting together its framework for Android developer verification, connecting dev names to even sideloaded apps. Recent additions to the Android SDK offer a little insight into how the ...

Android apps can apparently also be installed via sideloading without developer verification by Google. But the process may ...

In brief: Google Play Protect serves as Android's first line of defense against malicious apps. However, the mobile anti-malware service can sometimes make sideloading cumbersome – or even outright ...