Welcome to The Sideload episode 24, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will welcomes Daniel Bader back to the show. With the entire industry traveling for either Samsung or Mobile World Congress, Daniel ...

Google is adding a stricter sideloading process on Android, preserving app installs from outside Google Play while making scam-driven abuse harder. Explore Get the web's best business technology news, ...

Sideloading has always felt like something of a guarantee with Android. In fact, some argue it's one of the primary appeals of using Android over other operating systems — a sentiment even Google ...

Gemini for Google TV is trying to reduce second-screen viewing The new features are first rolling out in Canada and the US ...

A month that confirmed where I belong.

Person holding smartphone with concept of downloading app screen on display - Elena Uve/Getty Images Sideloading has always felt like something of a guarantee with Android. In fact, some argue it's ...

Samsung’s February 2026 security update is reportedly removing several advanced tools from the Android Recovery menu, including the ability to wipe the cache partition and sideload updates via ADB.

At Mobile World Congress, Android boss Sameer Samat talked about quite a few subjects, including Android 17 and the future of sideloading. Samat says that Android 17 isn’t just an incremental update, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sideloading has always felt like something of a guarantee with Android. In fact, some argue it's one of the primary appeals of ...

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they cover their favorite hacks and stories from the week. The episode kicks off with some updates about Hackaday Europe and the recently ...

Every year, MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona helps set the tone for the tech industry. It may no longer be the event where the smartphone calendar officially begins — that distinction now ...

Google has confirmed that sideloading will continue to be supported on Android devices. The news comes from Sameer Samat, head of Android, while Google continues to work on verifying developers to ...