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

While Google is restricting app downloads from sources other than the Google Play Store, the company will allow sideloading ...

Google has just shared details behind 'Advanced Flow', a brand new Android app sideloading system. It's more tedious, but possible.

Google today rolled out Android Canary 2603 with a number of user-facing changes compared to the latest Android 17 ...

Google has revealed the “advanced flow” that will be required to install certain Android apps once the company introduces mandatory developer verification later this year. The ...

Android phones are evolving fast in 2026, with AI-native features, massive batteries, robot-inspired cameras, and creaseless foldables changing mobile tech.

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Google Play is tightening control on how Android apps use wake locks, linking poor behaviour to store visibility. A new “Excessive Partial Wake Lock” metric in Android Vitals now guides developers, ...

Battery anxiety is a huge issue with smartphones in this day and age. While many smartphones have started to offer more efficient and larger batteries — like the newly announced Galaxy S26 Ultra — ...

If I wanted Liquid Glass, I’d buy an iPhone. It doesn’t belong on Android. And yet, I’m seeing more and more of Apple’s design language — or half-baked versions of it — pop up in apps on my Google ...

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 ...

ESET researchers uncovered the first known case of Android malware abusing generative AI for context-aware user interface manipulation. While machine learning has been used to similar ends already – ...