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Maria Diaz/ZDNETApple has been forced to allow sideloading apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The sideloading feature is not available in the US and is restricted to the 27 countries that comprise the EU. But the existence of this feature may make you wonder if there are ways to circumvent the regional restriction and sideload apps outside the EU. The ability to sideload apps onto an iPhone arrives with iOS 17.4, currently available in beta, for countries within the EU. If…

A few days ago, Epic Games won an important lawsuit against Google in the US. The jury decided that Google has an illegal monopoly on Android with the Play Store and the restrictions that it asserts over the app and game developers. All states in the US also fought an antitrust lawsuit against Google. Now, the company has revealed what it is giving up as a result. Google will pay $700 million to users and states of the US Google has announced that it will pay $700 million and make it easier to sideload apps on Android…

Sideloading has been a trending topic lately. While Android had it since its inception, Apple is being forced to allow third-party apps and app stores. However, Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s remark hints that he doesn’t like sideloading apps from third-party stores either. Sundar Pichai advises against sideloading apps Google is currently embroiled in a legal battle with Epic Games over its app store practices. During a recent court hearing, Google boss Sundar Pichai expressed his concerns about sideloading apps. Sundar…

Apple is working on allowing users in the European Union to sideload iPhone apps onto the company's smartphones, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman states in his weekly newsletter. The ability to install apps that are not hosted on Apple's own App Store will make its way to iPhone owners for the first time, as the company has to adhere to recent EU regulations. The ability to sideload apps is not expected to roll out to users in other regions, unlike Google's Android operating system.In the subscriber-only version of his weekly…

iOS 17 will bring iPhone sideloading support, a feature many developers and users have been waiting for. According to reports, there is a big twist in how sideloading will operate. The feature will only be available in Europe, where new laws force Apple to offer sideloading to users. Sideloading will also open the door to third-party app stores that will compete against Apple’s own app store. That might sound exciting to the same group that has been arguing in favor of sideloading. But I, as a longtime, savvy…

Apple will unveil iOS 17 and release the first beta in mid-June during the company’s highly anticipated WWCD 2023 event. iOS 17 should focus on optimizations and stability improvements rather than big new features, but some of Apple’s surprises have already leaked. The list includes support for sideloading apps on iPhone, an iOS 17 feature that will reportedly be available only in the European Union (EU), at least initially. In that case, the iPad’s software equivalent, iPadOS 17, should also bring…

Mehul Reuben DasDec 14, 2022 12:48:52 ISTApple has controlled the iOS ecosystem with a tight fist ever since the concept of iPhones and an App Store from where users could download and install applications has existed. For years, Apple has argued that its iron fist over the software ecosystem of the iPhone and the iPad has kept Apple’s mobile devices much safer than their Android or Windows counterparts. Now, that is set to change. Thanks to the EU’s legislation, we may see the fabled ‘Apple Ecosystem’ come to an end, at…

If you’ve managed to get your hands on a Playdate or have one on the way, you’re guaranteed a full “season” of 24 games delivered to your device over the span of 12 weeks. And there are some great ones included — check out my full Playdate review for a round-up of my favorites. But there’s also more to the device than just those games, thanks to sideloading. Playdate maker Panic has made it very easy to get games onto your device. You can check out the process here, but essentially, you just need to download a file —…