Although the Android system has always allowed users to install third-party app stores and side-loaded apps, the process of doing so is not very streamlined. Users must grant them permission to install unknown apps, and there is no way to automatically Update the side-loaded application.
As early as the end of September last year, Google announced that it would make changes in Android 12… to make it easier for people to use other app stores on their devices without harming the existing Android system. Security measures” in response to increasing pressure from Epic Games and government regulators.
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However, Google did not specify what changes they want to make to the Android system, nor did they share specific information about this change at the Google I/O Conference in 2021. However, in Google’s official blog post announcing Android 12, the company confirmed that it is “delivering on (its) promise to make third-party app stores easier to use on Android 12.”
XDA-Developers dug into the source code of Android 12 and found that the new system will not only allow third-party app stores to install apps directly but also update them in batches automatically. Of course, users still need to grant the app store the permission to manage internal storage, but this will be one-time permission and will not be asked again in the future, just like the default Google Play app store.
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