A hot potato: A year after announcing the most significant change to Android in a long time, Google is now introducing a new process aimed at making the mobile platform "open" again. Mountain View ...

Sideloading has been a key part of Android since the beginning, not only delivering a lot of flexibility to Android, but also a sense of openness and freedom. After Google announced it would make ...

Google has confirmed that sideloading will continue to be supported on Android devices. The news comes from Sameer Samat, head of Android, while Google continues to work on verifying developers to ...

Google has detailed its upcoming “Advanced Flow” system for Android sideloading, designed to improve security without fully restricting the practice. The new process adds extra steps—like enabling ...

It has been known that Google was planning to make big changes to how sideloading on Android works, and it seems it has finally settled on a way to secure Android while still keeping the platform ...

Since August 2025, it has been clear that from autumn 2026, only applications on certified Android devices will be installable in the first countries, provided their publishers have previously ...

At Mobile World Congress, Android boss Sameer Samat talked about quite a few subjects, including Android 17 and the future of sideloading. Samat says that Android 17 isn’t just an incremental update, ...

Running Android apps on my PC used to feel wrong, but Linux makes them feel right at home, and it's better than any Winddows ...

Last summer Google announced plans to tighten security on Android phones and tablets by requiring app developers to register with Google and blocking installation of ...

At launch, the Even Hub already has a few dozen apps available to load onto the G2 via the mobile app. They include a weather ...

The FBI has not provided a list of Chinese apps or those from developers in other high risk locations. That list would be ...