sideloading

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Big changes are coming to the iPhone this year. On January 25, Apple announced a slew of changes coming to iOS — including the ability to sideload applications and download apps from alternative/third-party app stores. These are things you’ve been able to do on Android for years, but have long been absent from the iPhone. The Play Store is the primary way to download apps on Android, but you can also manually download APK files from any website that has them available. Similarly, you can…

Apple has officially announced that sideloading will be available for EU users with iOS 17.4. Along with the major change, Apple has detailed how it will label apps from third-party app stores to inform and protect EU users, and the features that will be missing when sideloading. In a press release shared with 9to5Mac, here are four new ways Apple is going to “protect and inform” EU users with greater clarity about where an app is from, who they’re paying, and more: Changes to “protect and…

Today, Apple announced one of the most drastic changes to iOS with iOS 17.4. When this operating system is available, it will add alternative marketplaces and payments, changes to Safari, and more to the iPhone in Europe.For Apple, “the new options for processing payments and downloading apps on iOS open new avenues for malware, fraud and scams, illicit and harmful content, and other privacy and security threats.” And although some of that might be true, this change will help improve competitiveness. “The…

After releasing iOS 17.3 with a handful of new features, Apple is starting the testing cycle of iOS 17.4 with beta 1. With this software update, the company is finally enabling App Store sideloading for European users.The testing starts now because Apple needs to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, which will make Cupertino open the iPhone for third-party apps, a.k .a. sideloading. Although this change will be focused on the European Union countries, it’s unclear how Apple is going to implement…

Apple will have to open the iPhone to sideloading, third-party app stores, and third-party payment systems come March 7th. It’ll happen only in Europe, where tech companies must comply with the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) law that aims to improve competition in the tech space, defend users’ rights, and improve their experiences.Some developers can’t wait to see it happen, as it’ll let them open their own app stores or use their payment systems for Apple. Spotify is one of the most vocal critics of the current…

Apple is expected to enable support for sideloading apps on iOS by March 6 to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), and details of the company's plans to deal with the changes are now emerging. While the company is yet to announce when support for installing applications outside the App Store will be allowed in the EU, a report states that the company will set up processes to review — and possibly charge developers for — these apps.The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple…

Image: Maria Diaz/ZDNETThe European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires Apple to make even more changes to how it does things. The company is being forced to allow sideloading apps, though apparently it still plans to charge fees and review these apps. The DMA aims to reduce major tech companies' control over digital markets and  to increase competition. As part of DMA compliance, Apple plans to announce the ability to sideload apps on iOS, which it will allow in Europe effective with iOS 17.4. No word yet on…

Image: Maria Diaz/ZDNETThe European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires Apple to make even more changes to how it does things. The company is being forced to allow sideloading apps, though apparently it still plans to charge fees and review these apps. The DMA aims to reduce major tech companies' control over digital markets and  to increase competition. As part of DMA compliance, Apple plans to announce the ability to sideload apps on iOS, which it will allow in Europe effective with iOS 17.4. No word yet on…

Apple rolled out its iOS 17.3 update for the iPhone lineup, which brings the security upgrade I’ve been waiting for: new features to protect the handset against theft. I already told you that enabling the Stolen Device Protection feature was the first thing I did after updating my iPhone 14 Pro to iOS 17.3.The next thing I did was wonder whether iOS 17.4 might finally bring sideloading to the iPhone. I have the feeling that it might happen, considering that we’re getting awfully close to that deadline that Apple…

All the talk about Apple having to allow third-party payments on iPhone in the US and Epic’s annoyance with losing the Apple trial for good made plenty of people forget about the elephant in the room. Fortnite, one of the most popular games in history, is not coming back to the iPhone anytime soon. At the same time, Fortnite’s relaunch on iPhone seems imminent.How can both of these things be true simultaneously? Well, if you have been following the iPhone for as long as I have, including the entire Epic saga,…