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 announced new security measures for Android app distribution, requiring developers to verify their identities for apps ...

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

Google notes that the requirements will begin full rollout in September 2026. Google has introduced new requirements for app ...

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

Google's new security initiative will require all Android app developers to pass verification before their apps can be ...

Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with ...

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

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

( NewsNation) — Google is taking a page out of Apple’s lead with its latest announcement to tighten security for its devices.

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

Android developer verification is largely targeting commercial developers, with Google saying that it’s “committed to keeping ...