A Google Play Store feature that automatically opens downloaded apps has been in the works since 2024. Users are finally ...

With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for ...

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...

Google is limiting certain Android devices' ability to side-load third-party apps, and it's all in the name of safety. But ...

Google Play Store has a problem, and I want it fixed. And I'm confident I'm not the only one who wants to see this change.

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users ...

Android developers using third-party app stores will soon need their identity confirmed by Google. ...

The Play Store will now allow users to “auto-open” new apps as they’re downloaded to their Android devices, as ...

The Google Play Store is rolling out the auto-open toggle for newly installed apps after first making an appearance last year ...

Android users can enable auto-open in the Play Store to automatically launch newly installed apps without extra steps ...