Android 17 blocks non-accessibility apps from the Accessibility API in Advanced Protection Mode, reducing malware abuse and the attack surface.

Android's new 2026 developer verification requirements introduce a one-time advanced flow for sideloading unverified apps. Here's what's actually changing, how the process works.

Google is making Android sideloading easier with a new advanced setting that lets users disable app verification after a ...

Google is planning big changes for Android in 2026 aimed at combating malware across the entire device ecosystem. Starting in ...

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally ...

Sideloading has been a key part of Android since the beginning, not only delivering a lot of flexibility to Android, but also ...

Sideloading Android apps is here to stay... but Google will make you wait a day before doing it the first time ...

Google is preparing a significant overhaul of Android’s app installation system, aiming to curb ...

Google today rolled out Android Canary 2603 with a number of user-facing changes compared to the latest Android 17 ...

Google won't allow people to (easily) sideload apps through APK files on certified Android devices starting in September 2026. It will still be possible, ...

It’s no secret that Google really doesn’t like it that people are installing Android applications from any other source than ...