Obtaining Android apps outside of the Google Play Store can be a mixed bag. While Android offers the flexibility to install most apps, you must be cautious about where you get these files.

Amazon Fire TV devices, like Amazon Fire tablets, don’t have access to the standard Google Play Store, so you can’t get at as many audio, video and other apps as you can on, say, an Android TV. You ...

The best downloader app genre that not many folks think about. Download managers are something that allow you to download files, or even manipulate how a file is downloaded. Stock Android comes with ...

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The original article continues below if you want to see what the state of the Play Store and third-party alternatives was in the early days. There are a few hundred thousand apps available for ...