Google says sideloading isn't going away, but a new multi-step "advanced flow" will make installing unverified apps slower and more secure.

Google is making Android sideloading easier with a new advanced setting that lets users disable app verification after a ...

Google is planning big changes for Android in 2026 aimed at combating malware across the entire device ecosystem. Starting in ...

Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, ...

Google Blocked 1.75M Harmful Apps From Play Store in 2025 Your email has been sent Google used AI-driven review systems to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps and ban 80,000 developer accounts in ...

Google says that through 2025, it blocked more than 255,000 Android apps from obtaining excessive access to sensitive user data and rejected over 1.75 million apps from being published on Google Play ...

The UK is demanding that Apple and Google improve fairness on their app stores. Credit: Tobias SCHWARZ and Miguel MEDINA / AFP via Getty Images First, the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

We tend to think of the Apple App Store and Google Play Store as digital “walled gardens” – safe, curated spaces where dangerous or sleazy content gets filtered out long before it hits our screens.

Apple and Google's app stores are hosting dozens of "nudify" apps that can take people's photos and use AI to generate nude images of them, according to watchdog group Tech Transparency Project. After ...

Jan. 27 (UPI) --The Apple and Google app stores have applications that generate images of women with their clothes removed with AI, a tech watchdog reported Tuesday. The Tech Transparency Project ...