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

Seventy-seven malicious Android apps containing different types of malware were found on Google Play after being downloaded ...

Google has blocked 77 apps with millions of downloads after the discovery that they were laced with money-stealing malware.

Google is testing a new interface to list apps that activate their own security features when Android 16's Advanced ...

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

Google will require developer verification for all Android apps in 2026, making sideloading harder but aiming to curb fake, ...

Your apps contain a whole lot of data that you might want to keep private. Fortunately, you can lock them up behind a secure ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

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

Google will soon require identification for developers outside the Play Store and will block sideloading of their apps if ...