Google is backtracking on its decision to kill off sideloading, as it will develop a new flow for advanced users.

Google will soon require Android apps distributed outside of the Play Store to be registered by verified developers, but the ...

Google is revising its forthcoming Android developer verification program following criticism that the original plan would ...

Now Google has announced that, in response to feedback, the company will continue to allow developers and “power users who have a higher risk tolerance” to continue sideloading apps from unverified ...

Put the pitchforks down, Google isn't entirely getting rid of sideloading. Google is going to ease the Android verification ...

Google says that it’s softening its plan to require every Android developer — even outside of the Play Store — to verify ...

In August, Google announced that it will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their ...

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