Google has started rolling out Android's new developer verification, with user-facing sideloading changes arriving later this ...

By September 2026, all developers must be registered to enable sideloading. Developers who only distribute apps outside the Play Store have to create an account in the Android Developer Console.

After detailing the “advanced flow” for sideloading earlier this month, Google is opening the Android developer verification ...

Since the beginning of Android, it’s been developed out in the open as part of the Android Open Source Project. However, it seems that they now will take this private, and develop the Android OS fully ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. First of all, it might surprise you to hear that Google is releasing Android 16 DP1 today. After all, the first developer ...