Android 17 may finally let you share only specific contacts with apps thanks to a new Contacts Picker tool. Here's how it may work.

In August, Google announced that it will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their ...

Google’s President of the Android ecosystem, Sameer Samat, also announced a dedicated Android account type designed for ...

According to Google, online scam and malware campaigns are getting more aggressive, and there’s real harm being done in spite of the platform’s sideloading scare screens. Google says it’s common for ...

Now Google has announced that, in response to feedback, the company will continue to allow developers and “power users who have a higher risk tolerance” to continue sideloading apps from unverified ...

A striking statistic underlines the stakes: users who sideload apps are 80% more likely to have malware on their devices than ...

Google will soon require Android apps distributed outside of the Play Store to be registered by verified developers, but the ...

Google says that it’s softening its plan to require every Android developer — even outside of the Play Store — to verify ...

In its announcement on the Android Developers Blog, Google explains why it is mandating verification for developers. With ...

Google is revising its forthcoming Android developer verification program following criticism that the original plan would ...