A recent Android Authority survey shows that many of our readers are installing apps from outside the Play Store 'regularly.' ...

NewPipe and other open-source Android apps are warning users about Google's upcoming sideloading restrictions and offering ...

Google has announced that starting next year, all Android apps—including sideloaded ones—will require developer verification. The move could make sideloading trickier but is aimed at reducing fake ...

Terms of Google’s settlement with Epic have emerged, with third-party billing and side-loading of apps being made more convenient for the user. Image Credit: Peter Holden/TalkAndroid Editorial Note: ...

There are a handful of pros to getting access to alternative app stores and side-loading on iPhone, but way more cons — especially for tech support. The magic of Apple's single App Store approach has ...

The next version of Android could bar you from installing ancient apps in some circumstances. 9to5Google has spotted a code change indicating that Android 14 will block users from sideloading apps ...

Ever since the iPhone was first released in 2007 the only way to install apps has been via the App Store, unless you went down the jailbreaking route of course. But that's all expected to change soon ...

There’s been a tumult of regulatory activity aimed at Apple, and the company now faces a tidal wave that will eventually force it to open parts of its platform. Apple has improved on the arrangement ...

Apple has published a new research paper taking a deep dive into some of the security and privacy risks of side-loading, or obtaining apps outside of the App Store. The whitepaper, "Building a Trust ...