Google is taking the stress out of sideloading apps on Android phones with a new feature rolling out to Google Play Store.

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Google is updating the Play Store to improve widget discovery. New features include a dedicated widget search filter and a widget badge. A curated widgets page will promote apps with widgets. Google has been actively adding a flurry of new features to the Play Store over the last year in an effort to improve the experience,

Google has made good on its warning that the Play Store would be removing the ability to share apps with other users.

Back in 2021, Google introduced the app-sharing feature that tied into Quick Share, making it a breeze to shoot apps directly between Android phones. But, according to the fine print in the December Play Store update, this handy tool is now on its way out after three years of quietly doing its job.

The Google Play Store is home to many popular apps vital to your Android experience — so vital that they can sometimes be described as the beating heart of your new experience. Whether you own an app-centric device like a tablet or phone or a cloud-based machine like a Chromebook,

The law requires TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. assets in order to continue operating in the U.S. While the law only mandated that ByteDance remove TikTok from app stores in the U.S. if it failed to meet the sale deadline, company executives decided to shut down the app entirely.

Google is boosting Play Store defences against increasing sideloading threats. CTM360 warns of a campaign using fake Play Store websites to distribute Trojan.