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Google is requiring mandatory developer verification for all Android apps in 2026 (keepandroidopen.org)

submitted 7 months 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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[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 point 7 months ago*

I'm not being overly pedantic and I am discussing it, sorry if my reply sounded a bit blunt though.

My main point is that my reply to your original comment was made with a different understanding to what you actually meant, which is not "rolled back."

(And that I disagree that their slight change to the plan, which has yet to be seen by the public as far as i'm aware, is anywhere near a move in the right direction, maybe the tiniest nudge ever, but not meaningful).

p.s. my thoughts on your word choice was only a tiny part of my message :/

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