Sideloading
![Sideloading apps to Android gets easier, as Google settles its lawsuit Sideloading apps to Android gets easier, as Google settles its lawsuit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/android-14-logo.png)
Google settled its lawsuit in September 2023, and one of the settlement terms was that the way applications are installed on Android from outside the Google Play Store must become simpler. In the future, installing APK files will be easier.
![New AT&T Android device re-introduces sideloading app installs New AT&T Android device re-introduces sideloading app installs](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.afterdawn.fi/v3/news/small/at&t_logo.png)
Last year, AT&T began locking down all Android devices, blocking sideloading of apps for "security reasons."
Today, it appears that AT&T ......