Android, unlike some phone operating systems, allows users to install software from outside the default app store (even if ...

Apple has now allowed users in the European Union (EU) to sideload apps on iPhones specifically in compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The feature is currently available only to users in ...

Apple's iPhones are pretty famous for being closed off, with jailbreaking being the only way that most people can imagine sideloading apps. However, there are other ways to sideload apps onto an ...

Sideload apps: Follow developer instructions to add to your phone. Not common. Risky: Jailbreak an iOS device and load apps to it. This article explains how to get apps that are not in the App Store ...

The recent release of Apple’s iOS 17.4 brings the ability for sideloading on the iPhone and alternative App Stores to users in Europe. Apple’s iOS operating system has traditionally operated within a ...

Unlock your Android TV with 6 powerful, free apps. Install these sideloaded gems now before Google's upcoming developer rules ...

Google is working on a new advanced flow that will let Android power users install apps from unverified developers while ensuring they understand the risks involved.

Just because you can do it doesn’t always mean you should — and when it comes to app sideloading on iPhones and iPads in Europe, (and elsewhwere), IT must take steps to lock down their devices to ...

The European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires Apple to make even more changes to how it does things. The company is being forced to allow sideloading apps, though apparently it still plans ...

The recent update in Android developer verification will keep sideloading alive, but it will show clear warnings. Read more.

Apple will soon allow “authorized developers” to distribute apps directly from their website without any app store in the middle. However, the eligibility for being an “authorized developer” is very ...