Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

It's impossible to imagine modern life without smartphone apps, but there's an alternate universe where they never took off. When the idea of an app store for the iPhone was first proposed to him, ...

Android's open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Amazon is set to shutter its Amazon Appstore on the Android operating system Wednesday, Aug. 20. The move, announced in February, shutters the mega-corporation's competitor to the Google Play store on ...

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 ...

The ability to install apps from outside the Play Store has always been one of Android's most attractive features. It made it the platform of choice for enthusiasts, tinkerers, and anyone who wanted ...