Android developers using third-party app stores will soon need their identity confirmed by Google. ...

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

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

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

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

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 enforce a policy from 2026, allowing only apps from verified developers on certified Android devices to enhance ...

Google has announced that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

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 will soon require identification for developers outside the Play Store and will block sideloading of their apps if ...