Android will block users from sideloading apps made by unverified developers next year, but we may have found a workaround.

Most Android devices default to the Google Play Store for downloading and installing apps, but it's far from the only place ...

Google blocked 2.3 million Android app submissions to the Play Store in 2024 due to violations of its policies that made them potentially risky for users. In addition, 158,000 developer accounts were ...

Over 300 malicious Android applications downloaded 60 million items from Google Play acted as adware or attempted to steal credentials and credit card information. The operation was first uncovered by ...

Google reports that apps from outside the Play Store are significantly more likely to contain malware. The company highlights its efforts to improve security, including AI-powered threat detection and ...

Android developer verification is largely targeting commercial developers, with Google saying that it’s “committed to keeping Android an open platform” for student and hobbyist developers. Google is ...

Android apps side-loaded from the internet often come from shady sources. Google will soon identify them and block those of ...

Some of Android‘s most popular games have been tainted by a virus installed in fake versions of the games that lets hackers take control of victims’ phones and add them to a botnet, according to new ...

The Google Play Store offers an interesting but not heavily promoted rewards program called Play Points, and here's how you ...

Alphabet's Google on Friday failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court to further freeze an order forcing it to make sweeping ...

The search giant claims it has finally resolved a major glitch affecting Google Pixel users, and Android Auto 15 includes it ...