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

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

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

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

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

Google is introducing a developer verification program for Android apps, requiring all developers to be verified to install ...

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 ...

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

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

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