Google has announced a detailed launch schedule for new Android app sideloading protections, aimed at enhancing user security ...

Google is reportedly offering to pay select Android developers for source-code access. Here’s what Play Store developers should check before signing.

As we careen toward a future in which Google has final say over what apps you can run, the company has sought to assuage the community’s fears with a blog post and a casual “backstage” video. Google ...

Google has revealed new timelines for Android developer verification, including when sideloading changes will begin affecting ...

Google has started the rollout of a new Android developer verification system designed to reduce malicious apps and improve platform security, with global enforcement planned in the coming years. The ...

Google today published an update on Android developer verification, which is set for its initial launch later this year and will continue into 2027. Since the registration process launched in March, ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Google is tightening the rules around sideloaded apps. Starting in 2026, Android will require all ...

Google has announced that it will block the sideloading of unverified Android apps found outside the Play Store starting next year if their developers fail to comply with the company's upcoming new ...

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party app store argues that Google falsely frames ...

Google Antigravity 2.0 just launched at I/O 2026. Let's find out why it performs the same tasks as frontier models at a fraction of the cost.