The petition asks organizations to add their signature to an open letter opposing Google's verification process [PDF], which ...

Google has proposed sweeping changes to Android to make app distribution more competitive, but sideloading will still be ...

Free Android app store F-Droid asks users to lobby government regulators to take action. Google says the move is needed to ...

Are your rights gone? F-Droid warns Android sideloading verification rules strip freedom, letting Google decide what apps you ...

Alternative app store F-Droid warns Google is misleading people when it says sideloading on Android isn't going anywhere.

A group of developers started the Keep Android Open petition in protest against a new measure by Google. The company wants to ...

F-Droid claims Google’s new developer rules will quietly restrict sideloading and weaken Android’s long-standing openness.

Despite Google's claims to the contrary, F-Droid continues to accuse the company of attempting to turn Android into a walled ecosystem of government-vetted apps. F-Droid representatives ...

Since launching Google Play (née Android Market) in 2008, Google has never made a change to the US store that it didn’t want ...

The deal follows years of litigation that began in 2020, when Epic sued Google for allegedly abusing its dominance in Android app distribution through the Play ...

Google and Epic have been fighting a court battle for the past five years, but the end could be in sight. Epic sued Google in ...

Shock swept AR teams in 2025 after Magic Leap unveiled an Android XR smart-glasses prototype this week. That matters because the demo doubles down on ...