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Google is trying to keep Android users safer by making the sideloading app flow more difficult and convoluted, according to ...

Android is adding new verification steps to sideloaded apps, introducing friction for advanced users while aiming to reduce ...

Samsung is enforcing a new “Auto Blocker” on new Galaxy smartphones, which, among other protections, blocks users from sideloading Android apps on their device. “Auto Blocker” has been a part of ...

Google announced changes to Android app sideloading last year that would require developer verification as a safety measure, but the company somewhat backtracked with ...

We knew iPhone sideloading was inevitable in Europe long before Apple actually announced the feature. By sideloading, I don't just mean the ability of an iPhone user to download any application ...

This prompt will show up on Android 8.0 and later. You must give individual apps the ability to install apps in newer versions of Android. Google says Android is ...

European developers see a new Apple sideloading feature from Cupertino which will allow them to distribute their iOS apps directly from their websites or other platforms, but there is a requirement.

F-Droid has challenged Google’s claim that sideloading is safe, calling it false. The conflict centers on new Android developer verification rules that require government ID and Google approval.

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