Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Google could boost Play Protect’s local app scanning capabilities soon. Now, the system would be more powerful and efficient thanks to the implementation of the YARA tool. The change would be a new ...

Google is testing a new feature that could let Play Store users pause Play Protect instead of disabling it. Many users disable Play Protect while sideloading apps but forget to enable it again, which ...

Google is adding an additional layer of security when installing an APK or updating an app through an APK. A PIN or biometric authentication will now be required in certain cases. This will be the ...

Download Google Play Store v49 APK. Learn about the new Gemini AI integration, multi-app downloads, and security updates for ...

As you may know, Play Protect performs all the safety checks to ensure the apps downloaded from the Google Play Store is safe to use. While having the option to disable Play Protect is handy, it’s ...

Google has a serious problem. It designed Android to be not-iPhone—more user choice, more user flexibility. A big part of that choice was to open devices to third-party app stores. But this turned out ...

Google’s annual blog post recapping Play Store and Android protections in 2024 is now available. It highlights new safety measures, like how Google Play Protect cannot be turned off during calls.

All change for Play Store. It’s all change for Google’s Play Store. For users wary of the continuous train of Android security warnings this should all be good news—but it’s not. The biggest change of ...