An early overview of the rationalized Android developer console for side elements applications.
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Google says that only applications with verified identities will be installed on certified Android devices, which is almost all devices based on Android – if it has Google services on it, it is a certified device. If you have an Android non -Google construction on your phone, none of this applies. However, it is a disappeared fraction of the Android ecosystem outside of China.
Google plans to start testing this system with early access in October this year. In March 2026, all developers will have access to the new console to be checked. In September 2026, Google plans to launch this feature in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. The next step is still blurred, but Google Target 2027 to extend the verification requirements worldwide.
A seismic change
This plan arrives at a major crossroads for Android. The current antitrust google play case made by Epic Games can finally force changes to Google Play in the coming months. Google lost its call from the verdict several weeks ago, and although it warns to appeal the case before the Supreme Court of the United States, the company will have to start changing its application distribution program, with the exception of new legal maneuvers.
Among other things, the court has ordered that Google must distribute third -party application stores and allow the content of Play Store to be redesigned in other windows. Giving people more ways to get applications could increase the choice, what Epic wanted and other developers. However, third -party sources will not have the integration of the profound system store system, which means that users will be put next to these applications without Google’s safety layers.
It is difficult to say how a real security problem is. On the one hand, it is logical that Google is worried – most of the main threats of malicious software for Android devices spread via third party applications. However, the application of a white installation list on almost all Android devices is heavy. This requires everyone to make Android applications to meet Google’s requirements before practically, everyone can install their applications, which could help Google keep control as the applications market is opening up. Although the requirements can be minimal at the moment, there is no guarantee that they will remain like this.
THE Documentation currently available Do not explain what will happen if you are trying to install an unaccussional application, nor how the phones will check the verification condition. Presumably, Google will implement this white list in reading services as the implementation date approaches. We have contacted more details on this front and we will report if we hear something.
