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Just got 'Android Developer Verifier' Silently Installed on my Phone (Aug 25, 2026) (thelemmy.club)
submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by to c/android@lemmy.world
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The app ID is com.google.android.verifier, which I assume will be used for the upcoming developer verification program for installing 3rd party apps.

Starting September 30, developers (signing authors) need to be verified from Google to distribute apps in the following app stores:

  • Google Play Store
  • Honor App Market
  • OPPO App Market
  • Samsung Galaxy Store
  • Transsion Palm Store
  • vivo V-Appstore and
  • Xiaomi GetApps

only in the countries of Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.

F-Droid is not included for this time.

It is planned to be rolled out globally across all markets/app stores by January of 2027.

Relevant sources:
https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides
https://keepandroidopen.org/

I used App Manager (io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager) for the screenshot; you can use your regular 'Installed Apps'/'Apps' menu to see if it's been rolled out automatically for you as well.

edit: First link was originally a typo, my bad. Fixed it.

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[–] 1 point 7 hours ago (1 child)

Other than affecting the general open source app community as a whole, does anyone know how this will affect Graphene IS phones yet? I haven't seen a good discussion on it yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    It will not affect GrapheneOS (or any custom ROM built without unsandboxed Google Services) as the delivery method for the update requires Google Play services have full admin access to the device to install it.

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