Uptodown

Hello, Android. We need to talk. In 2026, Google will require developers to verify their identity for apps to be installable on Android, even outside Google Play. A significant change for the entire mobile ecosystem. https://lnkd.in/er8B4mAf The measure will require developers to comply with Google policies even when distributing apps through alternative channels. Initiatives like #KeepAndroidOpen (https://lnkd.in/diauXd3z) are highlighting the issue. At Uptodown, we share the community’s concerns. Thousands of developers officially distribute their apps through our platform, and we believe an open Android ecosystem benefits users, creators, and the entire industry.

🚀 We’re hiring! 👉 At Uptodown, we’re on the lookout for an 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 / 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to join our team. If you’re passionate about building strong customer relationships, driving sales growth, and being part of a major force in global software distribution, this could be your next big opportunity. https://lnkd.in/eBNG3rdc

Over the past few months, we’ve been working on our Transparency Center, a space where we provide a clear, detailed view of how Uptodown operates. Now we are officially launching it, along with key insights into our processes, metrics, and policies 🛡️ This report has a clear goal: 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬. Using concrete data and an expanded explanation of our control systems, we show how we handle security, quality, and governance—from analyzing millions of files each month to validating developers and moderating our community. Here are a few numbers from the last 30 days: ◾ We requested 2.2M VirusTotal security reports to verify file reliability before publication. 5.48% showed at least one positive detection among over 75 antivirus engines. ◾ Developers registered in our Developers Console submitted 3,581 apps (new releases and updates). Of these, 1,496 were rejected for not meeting our publication criteria. ◾ 1.5 million new users registered on Uptodown, and nearly 20,000 ratings and reviews were submitted. Around 22% of them were not published due to our editorial policies and anti-spam filters. We believe transparency is essential to build trust and foster a more open, competitive, and healthy app distribution ecosystem. 📌 Read the full report here https://lnkd.in/e9kgc_SB 📈 Explore the Transparency Center https://lnkd.in/egzXca58

What’s the best added value you can bring to a well-established project like ours? The answer has always been right in front of us. Uptodown’s community is massive, with over 200K new user sign-ups and thousands of reviews and comments every week. It became clear that we needed to give our visitors more ways to take part in this shared experience. That’s why we’re introducing new social features on Uptodown. The brand-new social feed lets users follow others and explore a timeline filled with community interactions. In addition to posting reviews, you can now create and share app lists from your favorite picks. Every user also gets their own profile page, showcasing all their shared content and accessible just by clicking their username. We believe this is the right step forward in a digital landscape where trust and transparency are more essential than ever. Staying true to our mission of building a reliable and genuinely useful platform, we’re excited to keep growing together with our community 🚀 https://lnkd.in/eKx64NgT

Over the past few weeks, we’ve rolled out the first beta of our official client for Windows 11. For years, we’ve specialized in distributing Android apps, but desktop software has always been part of what we do. With this release, we wanted to take things further and offer a practical, feature-packed tool to help you browse, download, and keep your desktop apps up to date, all in one place, backed by our huge software catalog. And like always, our principles remain unchanged: free downloads, no registration required, and security and transparency first. We’ll be sharing more details about what the client can do very soon. In the meantime, we’d love for you to give it a try and let us know what you think. Your feedback means a lot since it helps us improve and shape what comes next! Download https://lnkd.in/egD6aTZS

Let’s talk about reconnecting. Just a few days ago, the Uptodown team gathered at Monday Working Spaces in Málaga to take stock of where we are, lay the groundwork for the challenges ahead, and showcase the exciting projects we’ve been cooking up. Our secret weapon? Always has been: being a close, committed, and energized team. And that kind of vibe needs to be kept alive. We’re living in interesting times. AI integration is reshaping the web, and like we’ve done with every tech wave before, we’re adapting fast, tweaking our model to meet the market’s ever-changing needs. It’s been over 20 years since Luis Hernández Garrido and pepe dominguez fernandez founded Uptodown, and our mission remains the same: to keep democratizing software distribution in a way that benefits users, developers, and advertisers alike. The real key? Never losing that day-one excitement. That’s what keeps us moving.