If you're a fan of Android's freedom to install apps from anywhere, you might have been worried by Google's recent announcement. The company is tightening the reins on its mobile OS, with a new policy ...

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally ...

Android phones have come a long way when it comes to privacy. Private Space on Pixels and Secure Folder on Samsung phones are ...

Sideloading Android apps is about to get quite a bit more annoying if Google has its way. The changes come from new policies implemented by Google, which will add an extra step when downloading apps ...

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 ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements. Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their identities, even if ...

Google is taking steps to secure one of Android's core features: the ability to install apps outside the official Play Store. While the practice of sideloading remains fundamental to the OS—and Google ...