Sideloading means installing apps outside an official app store, such as from a file you downloaded via browser instead of via Google Play Store or the App Store. Sideloading lets you access a variety ...

iPhone sideloading is finally happening after 17 years since the debut of the iPhone. Apple reportedly has an iOS 17 update ready to enable the feature, which will make the installation of iPhone apps ...

With the Digital Markets Act (DMA) soon taking effect, a new report claims that Apple has plans to still charge developers a fee that it would need to pay the company for its offer of sideloaded apps.

Today, Apple announced one of the most drastic changes to iOS with iOS 17.4. When this operating system is available, it will add iPhone sideloading, which means Cupertino will have to accept ...

European developers see a new Apple sideloading feature from Cupertino which will allow them to distribute their iOS apps directly from their websites or other platforms, but there is a requirement.

Thanks to the European Union's Digital Markets Act, earlier this year sideloading became possible on iOS devices in Europe. In a historic shift, Apple finally unlocked the gates to its tightly ...

The days of the App Store being the only way to download apps and make purchases on the iPhone are slowly coming to an end. Earlier this month, it was confirmed that Apple will have to let apps link ...

Ever since the iPhone was first released in 2007 the only way to install apps has been via the App Store, unless you went down the jailbreaking route of course. But that's all expected to change soon ...

Apple has been facing scrutiny in Brazil over the App Store. Earlier this month, a Brazilian court ruled that Apple would have 90 days to allow sideloading on iOS for iPhone users in Brazil – but ...

While Apple didn’t rush to embrace sideloading, developers can get ready for it in the EU, as support for this is now live in the latest iOS 17.5 beta. This is the first big improvement Apple has made ...

Apple will soon allow “authorized developers” to distribute apps directly from their website without any app store in the middle. However, the eligibility for being an “authorized developer” is very ...

Then the European Union's deadline for Apple to allow apps to be sideloaded on iPhones comes around in early March, the company will have no choice but to comply. And comply it will according to ...