Android apps outside Play Store now need verification, but ADB still lets users sideload without digital signatures.

To use ADB with your Android device, you must enable a feature called "USB Debugging." Open your phone's app drawer, tap the Settings icon, and select "About Phone." Scroll all the way down and tap ...

Android will block users from sideloading apps made by unverified developers next year, but we may have found a workaround.

An Android SDK update raises questions about the impact of developer verification on users' ability to sideload apps when offline.

For years, one of Android’s defining traits has been the freedom to sideload apps—installing them from outside the Play Store ...