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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Google will make sideloading, the direct installation of software on Android devices, impossible in 2026 if the publisher has ...

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