Google announced changes to Android app sideloading last year that would require developer verification as a safety measure, ...

New code in the Play Store reportedly highlights how Google might be guiding users about the risks of sideloading apps.

Google says Android is getting a "high-friction" sideloading flow, but insists it's an accountability layer about risk ...

In brief: Google Play Protect serves as Android's first line of defense against malicious apps. However, the mobile anti-malware service can sometimes make sideloading cumbersome – or even outright ...

Thanks to the European Union's Digital Markets Act, earlier this year sideloading became possible on iOS devices in Europe. In a historic shift, Apple finally unlocked the gates to its tightly ...

F-Droid has challenged Google’s claim that sideloading is safe, calling it false. The conflict centers on new Android developer verification rules that require government ID and Google approval.

Alternative app repository F-Droid has once again fired shots at Google for its new developer verification rules that threaten to kill sideloading on Android devices. The platform calls Google’s ...