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

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

One of the promises of the Google Pixel line of smartphones is fast, frequent updates. For the most part, this holds true: Pixels get monthly security updates, are the first to get most major Android ...

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

Google says sideloading isn’t going away on Android, but new rules will require developers to verify their identity for ...

Right on schedule, Google has just released the very first developer preview of Android 14 for Pixel smartphones. Here’s how to install it – if you dare. Should I install the Android 14 developer ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Running Android apps on Windows was once a demanding, arduous task. You needed clunky third-party emulators often riddled with bugs and ...

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

Google's Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 adds custom icons, step tracking, and better performance, but Pixel 10 owners may need to ...