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

Android 14 is still a few months away, but its developer preview is already out, so enthusiasts can dig deep and find new features and other tools. Android 14 is likely to see some big changes, and one of them is support for third-party app stores.

That’s right, according to details spotted by renowned coder Mishaal Rehman, the next version of Android will finally make it easier for people to access third-party app stores on their Android smartphones. Google is adding a new API that allows developers in these app stores to push updates, allowing the apps to run securely and protect them from potential vulnerabilities, he says in this
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He claims that these updates can be installed in the background, so you don’t have to stop using your phone or apps. Android 14 also allows people to update these third-party apps from their respective app stores, as long as they download the apps from the said platform. Google has been accused of marginalizing other app stores and prioritizing its Play Store for Android devices.

However, the changes seen in the Android 14 developer preview are hopeful that Android will finally become an open source platform that allows people to install apps from anywhere.

The app interfaces are also a sign that Google is slowly but surely sticking to the promises it has made to various competition authorities over the past year. Google has recently received severe punishments in the EU region and in India, and since then the search giant has assured that it will make changes to its business practices in these markets.

We’re not sure yet how Google plans to implement these changes and how many developers will actually sign up for this new-look Android mobile operating system. But this move, if it continues to the final version, will be a fascinating development in the evolution of Android. And those interested in trying different app stores can finally get apps from these sources without Google interfering with their choices.

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