With claims that sideloaded apps are 50 times more likely to contain malware, Google is tightening restrictions for developers distributing apps outside the Play Store.

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with ...

Google wants to make sideloading safer on Android by verifiying the identities of developers who distribute apps outside the ...

Google's new security initiative will require all Android app developers to pass verification before their apps can be ...