If you’re trying to de-Google an Android phone (good luck with that), replacing the Play Store is a reasonable place to start. Google has an unfair monopoly when it comes to the app market, largely ...

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Aptoide Games becomes the first rival Android app store distributed through Google Play in the US, following court-ordered changes from Epic v. Google. The Google Play Store on an Android phone. Image ...

As part of a settlement with Epic, Google is introducing support for “Registered App Stores” starting with Android 17. Certified third-party stores will utilize a “single store install screen” that ...

The Google Play Store has more than a million apps on it and billions of downloads each month, but it’s not the only place to get apps. There are many alternative Android app stores out there that you ...

The alternative Android app store F-Droid for open-source software has received a major update. Version 2.0 is intended to improve search, among other things.

Sideloading, long a defining feature of Android, is set to become easier. Google announced that it will introduce a Registered App Stores programme designed to simplify how users install third-party ...

Android is heading for its biggest app store shake-up in years. Starting July 22, third-party Android stores in the US can access Google Play’s catalog and offer those apps through their own ...

Today brings a development Google has fought long and hard against: A rival Android app store is officially available in Google Play. Aptoide has announced that Aptoide Games is now downloadable ...