Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...

The latest APK teardown of the Google Play Protect app has revealed a temporary pause button that could venture soon. Users who side-load apps and generally turn off Play Protect to do so can now ...

While that makes sense from a security angle, it also chips away at Android’s long-standing reputation for openness compared to iOS. Still, sideloading isn’t going away entirely. As Android expert ...

Google plans to start blocking users from sideloading unverified apps, in an attempt to improve the security of Android.

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