New warning for millions of Play Store users. Google is on a mission to enhance security for Android users, narrowing the infamous gap to Apple’s more secure, more private iPhone. Play Store is key to ...

Google Play Store could soon sport a header that is fixed in place on app listings. This header will include key app details, such as the icon, name, developer’s name, average rating, and more. It ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

One feature that makes Android so special is the freedom to sideload APK (Android Package Kit) files, letting you install compatible apps outside the Play Store. The good news is that sideloading ...

Obtaining Android apps outside of the Google Play Store can be a mixed bag. While Android offers the flexibility to install most apps, you must be cautious about where you get these files.

Smartphones like the Google Pixel 8 are complex devices that rely on a multitude of factors to function correctly. Sometimes, these factors can interfere with each other, leading to issues like being ...

Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...

If you own an Amazon Fire Tablet, you will be restricted from using the Amazon Appstore, but it runs on Fire OS, which is a custom version of Android. That means that you can install the Play Store ...

Google is building higher fences around its Play Store, as the fast and loose world of sideloading comes under increasing pressure. If Android is to narrow the security gap to iPhone, then this is a ...