Android developers using third-party app stores will soon need their identity confirmed by Google. ...

According to its own survey, Google says that more than 50 times more malware came through internet-sideloaded sources ...

Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their identities, even if they do not list their apps on its ...

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

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

Google is introducing new restrictions on Android app distribution, and it could spell the end for some popular third-party ...

Google announced this week that it will add a new requirement for those who make Android apps and want them to work on ...

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

Google will enforce a policy from 2026, allowing only apps from verified developers on certified Android devices to enhance ...

Google will mandate developer identity verification for all Android apps from 2026, restricting sideloading of unverified ...

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

Google will soon require identification for developers outside the Play Store and will block sideloading of their apps if ...