These requirements go into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. At this point, any app installed on a certified Android device in these regions must be registered by a verified developer.
2027 and beyond: We will continue to roll out these requirements globally.
Only in the US, I guess. In my country and in Europe this will not fly…
Nope
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html?m=1
We can hope…
edit
To clarify, I hope it will not fly outside the US, but looking at the world around I feel this is not very realistic hope
Aren’t they claiming this move is specifically to comply with the EU’s Digital Services act?
Apple just enabled sideloading in the EU to comply with the DMA. I highly doubt that android will be allowed to remove sideloading