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Android is adding new verification steps to sideloaded apps, introducing friction for advanced users while aiming to reduce ...

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As Google says itself, “online scams and malware campaigns are becoming more aggressive. At the global scale of Android, this translates to real harm for people around the world.” Thus the change. But ...

Google is trying to keep Android users safer by making the sideloading app flow more difficult and convoluted, according to ...

Google announced changes to Android app sideloading last year that would require developer verification as a safety measure, ...

Google says Android is getting a "high-friction" sideloading flow, but insists it's an accountability layer about risk ...

Google may soon add online developer verification for sideloaded Android apps, offering users extra protection without fully ...

Google is working on the largest overhaul of the Android app install process in years and is now bringing a more rigorous app ...

Sideloading Android apps is about to get quite a bit more annoying if Google has its way. The changes come from new policies implemented by Google, which will add an extra step when downloading apps ...

AT&T is reportedly doing the right thing by allowing Android phone users to install apps from outside the Android Market. Starting today, an update will enable non-Market app installation — also known ...