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

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

Google is just not having any luck right now rendering the time in Android apps, with Personal Safety showing new glitch.

Google is limiting certain Android devices' ability to side-load third-party apps, and it's all in the name of safety. But ...

Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates Google will extend developer verification ...

Several Pixel and Samsung users report seeing the Google Maps Live Updates notification on their phones running Android 16 QPR2 beta (via Android Authority ). As part of the change, the new Maps ...

Google is also developing a new Android Developer Console specifically for Android developers who don't distribute their apps via Google Play, and there will be a separate console for student and ...

Seventy-seven malicious Android apps containing different types of malware were found on Google Play after being downloaded ...

Google Password Manager is one of many useful security features on Android, but now there's finally an official app for the ...

These easily overlooked Android apps are all made by Google — and they're all worth your while to install.

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...