This is critical because Google isn’t deleting apps from phones, and so if you have such low-quality, higher-risk apps on your device then the onus is on you to make an honest assessment and to delete— not just leave in place —those apps that fail the test.

The Google Play Store is changing the look of the installation UI. In our video, you can see what this new UI looks like.

Enlarge / It's never explained what this collection of app icons quite represents. A disorganized app you tossed together by sideloading? A face that's frowning because it's rolling down a bar held up by app icons? It's weird, but not quite evocative.

This was perfectly illustrated in a report from Cyber News this week, which set out to understand “how many dangerous permissions are too many,” reporting that the 50 popular apps it checked “see no limits,” sharing the raw data to back that up.

Before diving into troubleshooting, it's crucial to ensure that your Chromebook supports the Google Play Store. Not all Chromebooks are compatible with

Google is blocking sideloading via Play Integrity API. Sideloaded apps may refuse to launch and take you to the app page on the Play Store.

Google’s Play Integrity API lets developers prevent an app from working if it has been sideloaded, and instead prompts users to download from the Google Play Store.

In February 2014—over a decade ago—the most popular mobile game on the iOS App Store or Google Play Store vanished unexpectedly. Flappy Bird, which had captivated the world and was generating immense revenue, was suddenly removed. It was a surprising and strange event in video game history.

Google appears to be rolling out a fresh API that lets Android developers insist that their apps can only be downloaded from the Google Play Store, and if you sideload an app, it