On Android, installing apps outside Google Play is disabled by default to reduce malware and security risks. You can enable the ability to install Android apps from ...

It's usually best to stick to well-known app stores, but there are legitimate reasons to skip Google's.

The FBI has not provided a list of Chinese apps or those from developers in other high risk locations. That list would be ...

Google has detailed a new Android sideloading system that allows installation of unverified apps with added safeguards, ...

For years, installing third-party apps on Android has been straightforward for users willing to go outside Google’s Play ...

It’s no secret that Google really doesn’t like it that people are installing Android applications from any other source than the Play Store. Last year they proposed locking everyone into their ...

Android’s most diehard fans were less than pleased when Google announced plans to limit the sideloading of apps, in an effort to create a more secure platform. The backlash from power users was ...

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally ...