Google makes all Android program developers confirm their identity from next year
Open Nature of Android Separate it from the iPhone because the touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Gradually, Google has traded some of its openness for security, and its subsequent security initiative can earn the biggest privileges in the name of blocking bad programs.
Google has announced that it intends to approve all the Android program developers, not just those published in the Play Store. Google intends to confirm the developer’s identity regardless of its content, and no approved programs will not work on most Android devices in the coming years.
Google has already done very little from the Play Store (or the Android market, if you go back enough), but it has long been trying to improve the credibility of this platform as less secure than the App App. Years ago, you can publish real misuse in the official store to have root access to the phones, but there are now several reviews and mechanisms to reduce the prevalence of malware and banned content. While the Play Store is not yet complete, Google claims that the programs out of the outside of their store are 50 times greater than it contains malware.
This, we believe, is the motivation of the new Google developer’s approval system. The company describes it as “check -in -ID at the airport”. Since you need all Google Play developers to confirm your identity in 2023, it has seen a sharp drop in malware and fraud. Bad actors in Google Play have applied anonymous stay to distribute malicious programs, so this is because approved program developers outside Google Play can also increase security.
However, doing this outside of its app store requires Google to get an Apple Playbook page in a way that many Android users and developers can disturb. Google plans to create an Android developer console, which Devs will use if it is planning to distribute apps outside the Play store. After authentication, developers must register the names and keys of their programs. Google, however, does not check the content or performance of the applications.
Google says that only approved applications will be installed on reputable Android devices, which are almost any Android-based device-if it has Google services, it is a reputable device. If you have a non -Google construction of Android via your phone, none of these will be applied. However, this is a small part of the Android ecosystem outside China.
Google plans to launch the system with initial access in October this year. In March 2026, all developers will have access to the new console to confirm. In September 2026, Google plans to launch this feature in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. The next step is still ambiguous, but Google is targeting 2027 to expand worldwide confirmation requirements.
A seismic change
The design is on a main intersection for Android. The Google Play anti -epic anti -epic case may eventually make changes to Google Play in the coming months. Google missed its appeal a few weeks ago, and while seeking to revise the case to the US Supreme Court, the company must begin changing its plan distribution plan and prevent more legal maneuver.
Among other cases, the court has ordered that Google should distribute third -party program stores and allow the content of the Play store to be reset in other stores. Giving more ways to get people can increase the choice, which is what the epic and other developers wanted. However, third -party resources do not integrate the deep Play Store System, which means that users are put together without Google security layers.
It’s hard to say how real this problem is. On the one hand, it is logical for Google to worry-most of the main malware threats for Android devices that are broadcast through third-party program tanks. However, running a whitening list is very heavy on all Android devices. It needs everyone to create Android applications to meet Google’s needs before almost anyone can install their own programs, which can help Google maintain control by opening the program market. While there may be minimal requirements at the moment, there is no guarantee that they remain in this way.
The existing documents do not already explain that if you try to install an unattainable application, as well as how phones check the verification status. Probably, Google distributes this Whitelist in Play Services as it approaches the date of execution. We have come up with details about that front and we will report if we hear something.
This story initially appeared in ARS Technica.
