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

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For years, one of Android’s defining traits has been the freedom to sideload apps—installing them from outside the Play Store. That freedom isn’t disappearing, but Google is tightening the rules ...

Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

Google says sideloading isn’t going away on Android, but new rules will require developers to verify their identity for sideloaded apps, raising fresh debates about security and openness.

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