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.

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Android 13 has landed a bit early for Pixel devices and brings some important updates to the platform, especially by way of polish to some of the new bits found in Android 12. This is one of the big ...

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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 ...

Many e-readers released in recent years support app downloads or sideloading, but do not have Google Play or Google Play Services. It will soon become more challenging to do this with a new Google ...

Microsoft spent years trying to make its own mobile operating system work, but that’s in the past, and now it’s all-in with Android. Microsoft makes Android-powered Surface phones, helps you connect ...

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 ...

Sideloading apps is one way to bypass a platform that disallows the distribution of certain software. It's easy to do if you know how to properly follow its process but, be mindful that not all ...

Google’s Fuchsia team has begun a new effort that would allow Fuchsia devices to be managed with the ADB tool, just like an Android phone. On Android today, developers and enthusiasts are able to ...