TechRepublic

Android Performance Boost Could Soon Reach Billions of Devices

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 ...
TechRepublic

875 Million Android Phones Face Risk Due to Hidden Chip Flaw

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 ...
Engadget

Android will hide some app sideloading behind a new one-time security process

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 ...
Android Authority

Poll: What do you think about Android's new sideloading flow?

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 ...
Liliputing

Sideloading Android apps is here to stay… but Google will make you wait a day before doing it the first time

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 ...
Bleeping Computer

Google adds ‘Advanced Flow’ for safe APK sideloading on Android

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 ...
Yahoo News Singapore

Android will hide some app sideloading behind a new one-time security process

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the average Android users, the ability to sideload apps will now be locked behind a multi-step one-time process. Users will ...
Android Authority

Here's how power users can instantly bypass Android's 24-hour sideloading delay

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 ...
Android

Android Boss Speaks Out on Sideloading Fears and Android 17's Big Shift

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 ...
Lifehacker

Here’s How Google’s ‘Safer’ Sideloading Works on Android

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 ...
9to5google

Google Messages Real-time Location Sharing rolls out (or: How to remove the ‘plus’ dot)

Following the announcement at the start of this month, Real-time Location Sharing in Google Messages for Android is more widely rolling out. Once available, you’ll notice that the ‘plus’ menu in ...