Google to use Android developer verification to allow safe app sideloading

Like Apple, Google has gradually made it more difficult to install apps from outside its own store. But the company is aware that neither users nor developers necessarily want to be tied to just the Play Store – this is why it has come up with the Android developer verification program. The idea is that Google will check and verify developers so the users know they can be trusted. Now the company has an update based on early feedback it has received. The premise of the verification program is safety and security, but this means there are cutbacks and compromises.… [Continue Reading]