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Android developer verification: Google easing app sideloading restrictions

After backlash from power users, Google has announced that it is revising its recently announced developer verification requirements for Android, specifically addressing concerns about the impact on the ability to sideload applications (installing APKs from sources other than the Google Play Store).

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Google will ease Android’s verification rules to keep sideloading alive

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Google will allow 'experienced users' to sideload unverified Android apps

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Google will soon give Android power users a safer way to sideload apps from unverified developers

In a bid to protect users from malware-laden apps, Google announced that Android will block the installation of apps from unverified developers starting next year.

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Google is Tweaking its Android Developer Verification Requirements to Add New Sideloading Process

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Android will let ‘experienced users’ sideload unverified apps as Google makes case for verification

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You Can Install Android 16 Developer Preview 2 Right Now. Here's What's New

A month after Google announced the first developer preview for Android 16, devs can now download and install Android 16 developer preview 2 to test out apps. This latest build brings app experience enhancements,

Google Play Policy Change Puts Android Devs On Notice Over Battery Drain

Starting in March, Play Store app listings will show warnings for high background battery drain, and may even have limited overall visibility.

TechJuice

Google Introduces New Battery Usage Metric for Android Apps

Google launches a new Android metric to track battery-draining apps. Play Store warnings alert users about high background activity starting March 1.

ZDNet

Google Android developers push location-based apps

Expect there to be at least one application incorporating location-based services in the upcoming Android phone. In accordance with the recent interest around location-based services, a wave of such applications made it through to the first round of ...

InfoWorld

Android native development kit updated

OpenGL ES 2.0 added to package enabling developers to build performance-critical parts of an app in native code Developers of the Google-backed Android mobile application platform have released revision 3 of Android NDK (Native Development Kit), which ...

Android

Google Creates 'Pie Noon' Game To Help Developers Make Android TV Games

It seems Google are taking Android TV very serious this time round. For those with a good memory, you should recall that this is not Google’s first attempt at trying to fulfill your living room TV needs. As such it is not a big surprise that they do not ...