Android, unlike some phone operating systems, allows users to install software from outside the default app store (even if ...

Rumors about Google removing the ability to sideload apps on Android have been swirling for months, but the company has finally denied those rumors.

Google is slowly rolling out new rules for sideloading on Android. Starting next year, developers in some regions will have to verify themselves in order to distribute apps. Without verification, you ...

Next year, Google will prohibit sideloading on Android—one of the few prominent things differentiating the Android operating system from Apple's iOS. Per the forthcoming policy, Google will ask all ...