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Android new 24-hour developer option: Apps from unverified developers

From the telegram channel today:
"App updating via the Aurora Store generally works for me.
However, ever since today's Android security update, whilst
I can still download via Aurora, apps aren't being installed.
So thinking about it, I went into the developer options and,
well, there's now an option called 'App updating via the Aurora Store
generally works for me. However, ever since today's Android
security update, whilst I can still download via Aurora, apps
aren't being installed. So thinking about it, I went into the
developer options and, well, there's now an option called
'Apps from unverified developers'. I enabled that option,
then had to restart my smartphone, and now there's a clock
counting down 24 hours. I'll let you know in 24 hours whether
it works. I thought this would happen a bit later, as the
keepAndroidopen website still shows 117 days to go until it's due.'.
I enabled that option, then had to restart my smartphone,
and now there's a clock counting down 24 hours. I'll let you
know in 24 hours whether it works. I thought this would happen
a bit later, as the keepAndroidopen website still shows 117 days
to go until it's due.

To which Aurora developers asked:
Did you try and uninstall the android developer verification app?

To which the OP responded:
Thank you. That helped. I could not uninstall the developer, but
I could deactivate it and give it via my VPN no Internet access.

To which Aurora developers responded:
Settings > Google > All Services > System Services >
Android Developer Verification > you should be able to uninstall
(for Android version < 17

Q: Anyone here have experience with this yet? (My Android is 13).
A: ???
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Maria Sophia, 2026-09-07 19:29:

Android new 24-hour developer option: Apps from unverified developers

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aren't being installed. So thinking about it, I went into the
developer options and, well, there's now an option called
'Apps from unverified developers'. I enabled that option,
then had to restart my smartphone, and now there's a clock
counting down 24 hours. I'll let you know in 24 hours whether
it works. I thought this would happen a bit later, as the
keepAndroidopen website still shows 117 days to go until it's due.'.

Well - <https://keepandroidopen.org/> can only tell about things that
are known. Maybe seems Google updated their plans without telling everybody.

Also see:

<https://keepandroidopen.org/faq/>

<https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/faq?hl=en#general> --
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de
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Arno Welzel wrote:

Well - <https://keepandroidopen.org/> can only tell about things that
are known. Maybe seems Google updated their plans without telling everybody.

Also see:

<https://keepandroidopen.org/faq/>

<https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/faq?hl=en#general>

Hi Arno,

Apparently Google is "rolling it out" to test areas first where it appears Google is becoming a gatekeeper for software it doesn't even distribute.

Even if Google Play is completely uninvolved.

The Keep Android Open campaign and numerous open-source/digital-rights organizations have specifically objected to this closing of Android.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Android_Open>

Google's new Android Developer Verification system requires an app to be associated with a developer whose identity has been verified by Google.
<https://blog.accrescent.app/posts/android-developer-verification/>

Do we want your APK to install normally on a certified Android phone?
It won't happen unless the developer has already registered with Google.

That applies even if we got the APK from F-Droid, Accrescent, another app store, a website, GitHub, etc. even as Google added an "advanced flow"
allowing experienced users to install apps from unverified developers.

The catch is that Google has added additional friction/warnings, including
a 24-hour waiting period and explicit additional user-authentication steps.

In addition, some great apps, like Aurora or NewPipe, may perhaps disappear
if the developer doesn't want to personally register his name with Google.

I think that's the biggest threat, but I don't know how it all works yet.
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