Need helping installing an APK file on your Android phone? We'll show you how to properly install third-party apps and stores without Google Play.

In general, you should install apps outside of your phone's app store only if you have a very good reason to.

Well, if that app’s APK was extracted and uploaded to an Android APK website, you can still sideload it to your phone. There are tons of old apps on different sites and storefronts.

If you’ve got a shiny new phone or tablet running Android 14, it’s true that you can’t download and install these older apps on your device itself.