Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android

Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by bigstrat2003 on Sunday January 25, 2026 @02:41PM (#46757436)

That isn't saying much. Even the best possible music editing (etc) app on a tablet is still crappy, by virtue of the form factor. Tablets simply are not suitable for getting actual work done.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by no_wizard on Sunday January 25, 2026 @05:02PM (#46758862)

This is changing with iPadOS, but the market needs to catch up with that. It supports a mouse and keyboard really really well now

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by bigyabai on Sunday January 25, 2026 @05:32PM (#46759222)

> the market needs to catch up with that

By that token, touchscreen laptops will replace the iPad any day now.

I think the preeminent issue is that touch-native UIs are very imprecise and clunky by nature. The iPad makes a great MIDI controller; it's an awful mixer or plugin host compared to a regular laptop running regular PC plugins. Buying a mouse or keyboard won't port Omnisphere or the U-He plugins to iPad. I doubt the market will ever "catch up" in that regard.

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Re:Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is comin... by StreamingPanda on Sunday January 25, 2026 @10:14PM (#46761451)

While I can't speak to the editing side of things, the live music apps for ios are exceptional. My dad is a musician and I'm a sound engineer. The sheer number and quality of the apps dwarfs the android offerings.

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