Android apps outside Play Store now need verification, but ADB still lets users sideload without digital signatures.

Microsoft spent years trying to make its own mobile operating system work, but that’s in the past, and now it’s all-in with Android. Microsoft makes Android-powered Surface phones, helps you connect ...

An Android SDK update raises questions about the impact of developer verification on users' ability to sideload apps when offline.

Way ahead of schedule, Android 11 is here with its first developer preview! While the beta program with its easy OTAs won’t be available for a little while yet, you can install the Android 11 ...

An update to WSATools fixes a pesky bug that prevented parts of the app from working. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Updated ...

For years, one of Android’s defining traits has been the freedom to sideload apps—installing them from outside the Play Store ...

After a brief beta period, Google’s big-screen focused Android 12L update has arrived, and you can install it first on Pixel smartphones. Here’s how. Notably, Google isn’t offering Android 12L for the ...

Android apps arrived on Windows 11 not too long ago, but there’s still one big issue: Windows only supports the Amazon Android app store, which has less than a fourth of the apps that can be found on ...