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Google is requiring mandatory developer verification for all Android apps in 2026 (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago by TheTearMiser@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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If you haven't seen this yet, Google is planning to require mandatory developer identity verification for all Android apps, including apps distributed outside the Play Store, taking effect September 2026. This affects every independent and open source Android developer directly.

This is not just about the Play Store. After September 2026, on any certified Android device, applications from unverified developers will be blocked by default. The only proposed bypass, the "advanced flow", exists only as a blog post and has not appeared in any beta, dev preview, or canary release. No one outside Google has seen it.

The community has been fighting back at keepandroidopen.org:

Read the full breakdown of what this means
Sign the open letter (organisations only)
Contact your national regulators — contacts listed by country on the site
Add the countdown banner to your project

September 2026 is closer than it looks. The time to push back is now.

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Starting to think phones should just go back to being exclusively for calling and texting anyway, maybe emailing too. Everything else can be done from a laptop. Does it really make our lives better to have access to everything through our phones?

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm not dragging a laptop around everywhere with me to search business opening hours / locations etc

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Sure, mapping and locale data is extremely helpful and makes up a significant portion of what I use my phone for when I'm out and about. My question is more geared towards whether the ability to bank, shop or use social media from my phone is really necessary.

Obviously, it's a personal choice and I'm more thinking aloud when I question whether I'd be okay with the trade-off of having a phone with fewer capabilities.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I do like being able to look things up on a browser and I use the gps mapping a lot but most of the other stuff is fluff.