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7 third-party apps that are much better than Android's preinstalled defaults

All Android phones come with various preinstalled apps to let you perform everyday tasks from the moment you set up your phone. Google's core apps, including Gmail, Chrome, and YouTube, are found ...
Techno-Science.net

Ditch Stock Apps: Must-Have Third-Party Android App Replacements

Most stock apps on an Android phone are basic. Most users rely on them since they are installed by default on most Android smartphones, usually missing useful features in third-party alternatives. For ...
Android Authority

F-Droid is the first third-party app store to support Android 15's app archiving feature

F-Droid is adding support for Android 15’s app archiving feature, making it the first third-party app store to support the new capability. App archiving is a feature that lets you reclaim storage ...
Android

Android 15 extends ‘app archiving’ to F-Droid third-party app store

Android 15 will extend the ‘app archiving’ feature to F-Droid. The popular app store is the first third-party platform to support the new capability. The Android Operating System (OS) has been ...
Android

Android 17 to Make Installing Third-Party App Stores Easier than Ever

Android 17 will introduce “Registered App Stores” as a result of the Epic settlement, allowing users to install rival marketplaces through a single, uniform screen. This eliminates security warnings ...
Android Authority

How to install third-party apps without the Google Play Store

Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...