Google is taking the stress out of sideloading apps on Android phones with a new feature rolling out to Google Play Store.

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The Pause option ensures Play Protect reactivates automatically, reducing exposure to malware and security vulnerabilities.

Google has made good on its warning that the Play Store would be removing the ability to share apps with other users.

Android users should be careful what they download from the Google Play store, as security researchers recently found a selection of apps which contained North Korean spyware hosted there. The five affected apps appeared to be benign system utilities like file managers,

What a week for Play Store. Google has been busy with its delete button, with multiple threats sneaking their way inside Android’s best secured app vault. Not a good look. And all this has come hot on the tail of the latest warning that Android is under attack.

Google is rolling out a 'Pause Play Protect' feature, allowing users to temporarily disable malware scanning for sideloaded apps, aiming to reduce the repetitive warnings encountered during mass installations.