Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must be tied to a Google-verified ...

Confirming app verification status will be the job of a new system component called the Android Developer Verifier, which ...

Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app ...

F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.

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