Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the Play Store.

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

Google has announced that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android ...

Google is tightening the screws on Android security. From March 2026, developers who distribute apps outside the Play Store ...