Google’s new app developer verification system is set to reshape Android. LineageOS, one of the most popular custom ROMs, ...

Uploading Apps to the Play Store: Today, millions of Android users rely on the Google Play Store to download apps onto their ...

Google will begin enforcing Android developer verification on Sept. 30 in Brazil and three APAC markets, changing how apps ...

Google will block normal installs of apps from unverified Android developers in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand ...

As we careen toward a future in which Google has final say over what apps you can run, the company has sought to assuage the community’s fears with a blog post and a casual “backstage” video. Google ...

Google announced this week that it will add a new requirement for those who make Android apps and want them to work on Android devices that run Google services. The developers behind Android apps will ...

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

Google has started the rollout of a new Android developer verification system designed to reduce malicious apps and improve platform security, with global enforcement planned in the coming years. The ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Google is tightening the rules around sideloaded apps. Starting in 2026, Android will require all ...

Google is introducing a new defense for Android called ‘Developer Verification’ to block malware installations from sideloaded apps sourced from outside the official Google Play app store. For apps on ...

Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday opened a consultation on a proposal that app developers be allowed to redirect ...

Google has lowered the number of people who have to test an Android app before it can be released on the Play Store. Now, a minimum of 12 people have to test an Android app for 14 days before it can ...