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

Google’s new developer ID rule may tighten Android security — or end its open-source freedom. Here’s what’s at stake.

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

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

Google is addressing doubts regarding the upcoming developer verification for Android app sideloading. More details here.

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must ...

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

Google says sideloading will remain on Android under new developer verification rules, but concerns persist for indie app ...

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 ...

To ensure that its new Vega-based Fire TV dongle launches with all the necessary apps and services, Amazon will simply stream Android apps from the cloud.

Amazon's Fire TV is getting a rebirth with Vega OS, but it sounds like the experience at launch might not be what some fans ...

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