Currently, developer verification is already required for the Play Store but not for apps installed from other sources. Today ...

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

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for ...

The tech giant stresses that this does not mean developers can’t distribute outside of the Play Store through other app ...

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

Sideloading is about to get safer as Google begins verifying developer identities for apps distributed outside the Play Store ...

Google will require developer identity verification for all Android apps, including sideloading. New non-Play Developer ...

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

"Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers in order to be installed by users on certified Android ...

On 25 August, the tech giant announced that all developers — whether publishing on the Play Store or via sideloading — will ...

Google will require Android app developers to verify identity for sideloading apps by 2026, boosting user safety and ...