Google Finally Could Make Third-Party App Stores Work Better On Android: All Details
1 year, 10 months ago

Google Finally Could Make Third-Party App Stores Work Better On Android: All Details

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Android 14 is still a few months away but its developer preview is already out, giving the enthusiasts the chance to dig deep and look for new features and other tools. Android 14 is likely to have some big changes, and one of them is the support for third-party app stores. That’s right, as per the details spotted by known coder Mishaal Rehman, the next Android version will finally make it easier for people to use third-party app stores on their Android smartphone. Google is adding a new API that allows the developers of these app stores to push updates, which allows the apps to run securely and protect them from possible vulnerabilities, he says in this post. Android 14 will also allow people to update these third-party apps from their respective app stores, as long as they download the apps from the said platform.

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