Google has announced that third-party app stores can now enroll in its Registered App Store program to simplify sideloading.

To download and install an app on Android, you need to prep your device. Forgoing the Play Store bypasses Google's security ...

Android users will soon get access to Google-approved third party app stores which work just like the Play Store. Android’s ...

Amazon has announced that they are shutting down their App Store for Android. This will occur on August 20th, 2025. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they will no longer be able ...

A U.S. judge issued a permanent injunction on Monday that will force Google to offer alternatives to its Google Play store for downloading apps on Android phones. The ruling from Judge James Donato in ...

F-Droid is adding support for Android 15’s app archiving feature, making it the first third-party app store to support the new capability. App archiving is a feature that lets you reclaim storage ...

Android 15 will extend the ‘app archiving’ feature to F-Droid. The popular app store is the first third-party platform to support the new capability. The Android Operating System (OS) has been ...

Google's one-tap Android app store installs start Dec. 1. See which Southeast Asian users qualify, Android 17 requirements, and how access will work.

Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.