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## Software That Isn't On the Play Store
Some apps are not on the Play Store, either because they're still in development or because they don't want users to have to interact with Google. The Play Store can be used to update apps, but if you download individual .apk files, you have to remember to update them yourself (there are exceptions, like Signal, which is designed to update itself), and you must verify them yourself with a tool like [AppVerifier](https://github.com/soupslurpr/AppVerifier).
Some apps are not on the Play Store, either because they're still in development or because they don't want users to have to interact with Google. Apps installed through the Play Store update automatically, but if you were to download individual APK installer files, you would have to remember to update them yourself (there are exceptions, like Signal, which is designed to update itself). Additionally, you must verify the authenticity of the APK file yourself with a tool like [AppVerifier](https://github.com/soupslurpr/AppVerifier).
[Obtainium](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/#obtainium) is an app to keep track of which apks need to be updated, and it is available on the [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/releases) — `app-arm64-v8a-release.apk` of the latest release is what you want (arm64-v8a is the processor architecture). If you need apps that aren't available in the Play Store, install Obtainium in the Owner user profile (and don't disable it). Use the same process as above to install apps into the Owner user profile, but through Obtainium, then disable the app and delegate it to a secondary profile. AppVerifier integrates with Obtainium so that prior to installation you can do a verification — AppVerifier can approve selected apps, or you can manually compare the apk's fingerprint to somewhere that the developer has published it. Unfortunately, apps obtained through Obtainium require manual updates — it will notify you when one is needed.
[Obtainium](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/android/#obtainium) is an app manager which allows you to automatically update apps after installing them from an APK file (an APK is found from the developer's own releases page such as GitHub or the developer's website). It is available on their [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/releases) — `app-arm64-v8a-release.apk` of the latest release is what you want (arm64-v8a is the processor architecture). If you need apps that aren't available in the Play Store, install Obtainium in the Owner user profile (and don't disable it). Use the same process as above to install apps into the Owner user profile, but through Obtainium, then disable the app and delegate it to a secondary profile. AppVerifier integrates with Obtainium so that before Obtanium installs an APK you can do a verification — AppVerifier can approve selected apps, or you can manually compare the APK's fingerprint to somewhere that the developer has published it.
As an example of how to use Obtainium, Molly-FOSS is a hardened version of Signal without [Google software](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#free-and-open-source) and it is available from [Github Releases](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/releases). In Obtanium, press **Add App**, then copy the Github Releases URL.
As an example of how to use Obtainium, Molly-FOSS is a hardened version of Signal without [Google software](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#free-and-open-source) and it is available from [Github Releases](https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/releases). In Obtanium, press **Add App**, then paste the Github Releases URL.
## Software That Requires Google Play Services