These requirements go into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. At this point, any app installed on a certified Android device in these regions must be registered by a verified developer.
2027 and beyond: We will continue to roll out these requirements globally.
Only in the US, I guess. In my country and in Europe this will not fly…
Nope
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html?m=1
Aren’t they claiming this move is specifically to comply with the EU’s Digital Services act?
Apple just enabled sideloading in the EU to comply with the DMA. I highly doubt that android will be allowed to remove sideloading
We can hope…
edit
To clarify, I hope it will not fly outside the US, but looking at the world around I feel this is not very realistic hope