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

submitted 1 week 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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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Wait that’s not a thing already?

So people can just make scam apps and once you report it to the App Store there is no recourse because even the company doesn’t know who they are?

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The recourse has been removal.

And the solution proposed is not requiring identification specifically for Play store developers, but any developer at all.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Removal but no means for consumers to seek money back or damages because it’s just the Wild West?

I think if you’re publishing an app to a public store then they should know who the fuck you are.

[–] TheTearMiser@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

No one would have an issue with them making this demand of Play Playstore Devs. This demand is being made to every dev of EVERY APP. That includes stores that google has absolutely no control. That means that I no longer have the right to take my own risks and to trust who I want to trust.

They should absolutely make this a requirement to join their store. Id support that. They have no right taking away or limiting my ability to install applications on a device I own

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