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One of the most exciting announcements to come out of Thursday’s Windows 11 event is the ability to install Android apps on Windows 11. In the original announcement, Microsoft said it’s partnering ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Sideload apps: Follow developer instructions to add to your phone. Not common. Risky: Jailbreak an iOS device and load apps to it. This article explains how to get apps that are not in the App Store ...

For example, it’s unclear what the process for running or installing a sideloaded app will be. Chrome OS technically has the ability to run sideloaded apps, too, but the process isn’t exactly easy, as ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Android, unlike some phone operating systems, allows users to install software from outside the default app store (even if ...

The Nobook app works as a wrapper around the Facebook website, so it's almost like opening the Facebook URL in your default browser. By doing it this way, the app is able to block the things you don't ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, ...

The European Union may soon force Apple and Google to allow the practice of sideloading apps on iPhone and Android, respectively. It's already possible for Android users to install any apps they want, ...

Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire TV Stick offer a beautiful walled garden of content right out of the box, but one of the best things about these media streamers is how easily you can slip beyond the gates.