Amazon's Vega OS shift blocks regular Fire Stick sideloading, giving buyers a stricter streaming device that may be safer but ...

LineageOS says Google's new developer verification system for sideloading apps on Android will not affect devices running its ...

Amazon explains why it made the switch from Fire OS to Vega OS on its streaming devices.

Amazon is blaming the threat of malware for its decision to stop releasing new Fire Sticks that support sideloading apps from ...

The tech giant points to security failings when sideloading apps in Google's Android software as a sign of how bad things can be. Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's ...

The Play Integrity API will make sideloading apps harder in order to protect users and prevent abuse. Developers can use a variety of parameters to determine an app's legitimacy. Google's continued ...

Apple has always notoriously been against sideloading, but head of software Craig Federighi took it a step further with a dramatic statement at Web Summit 2021. He declared that “sideloading is a ...

Google has revealed new timelines for Android developer verification, including when sideloading changes will begin affecting users.

Apple has published a new research paper taking a deep dive into some of the security and privacy risks of side-loading, or obtaining apps outside of the App Store. The whitepaper, "Building a Trust ...

There are a handful of pros to getting access to alternative app stores and side-loading on iPhone, but way more cons — especially for tech support. The magic of Apple's single App Store approach has ...

“Sideloading is a cyber criminal’s best friend and requiring that on iPhone would be a gold rush for the malware industry,” according to Apple senior vice president Craig Federighi, who delivered a ...

We knew iPhone sideloading was inevitable in Europe long before Apple actually announced the feature. By sideloading, I don't just mean the ability of an iPhone user to download any application ...