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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party app store argues that Google falsely frames ...

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 ...