Google rebuilt Android’s kernel using AutoFDO and real app data, boosting performance, speeding system calls, and improving app launches. Image: Denny Müller/Unsplash Android could soon feel ...

New restrictions will add friction to the process of sideloading some apps on Android beginning in August. Users will have to wait 24 hours between enabling sideloading and actually being able to ...

Google says Android will retain its side-loading capabilities; however, it won't be without a new "advanced flow" for power-users. Through this, users will need to activate developer mode on their ...

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 ...

At Mobile World Congress, Android boss Sameer Samat talked about quite a few subjects, including Android 17 and the future of sideloading. Samat says that Android 17 isn’t just an incremental update, ...

Google has announced a new mechanism in Android called Advanced Flow, which will allow sideloading APKs from unverified developers for power users in a more secure manner. The new system, scheduled to ...

Last summer Google announced plans to tighten security on Android phones and tablets by requiring app developers to register with Google and blocking installation of ...

When Google said it would make sideloading on Android a more high-friction process, it wasn’t kidding. The company has now detailed a new flow for installing apps from unverified developers, and it’s ...

875 Million Android Phones Face Risk Due to Hidden Chip Flaw Your email has been sent Generated with Google’s Nano Banana 2. A locked Android phone is supposed to keep intruders out. But a newly ...

Google’s Android chief Sameer Samat spoke at MWC 2026, addressing Android 17 and sideloading concerns. Android 17 is shifting from a traditional OS to an “intelligent system,” with Gemini handling ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...