If you are running Android 11, then sideloading any of the Pixel exclusive apps might no longer be possible on your non-Pixel device.
This is because Google has put in place a verification check that only allows apps to be installed if they have been downloaded from official sources, such as Play Store.
If you try installing these apps from other sources on your Android 11 device, you will instead be greeted with the ‘Verification Failure Error’.
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However, there does exist a workaround through which you could bypass this restriction. And in this guide, we will make you aware of just that.
How to fix ‘Verification Failure Error’ on Android 11?
As of now, if you try installing Pixel apps on non Pixel handsets on Android 11, you will be greeted with a verification error.
This would be something along the following lines: “The new package couldn’t be installed because the verification did not succeed”. Likewise, you will also get the (INSTALL_FAILED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE) error.
Fortunately, you could now easily fix this ‘Verification Failure Error’ issue on Android 11. Let’s check out the required instructions for the same:
Steps:
- Head over to the app listing page on your Android device.
- Search for Google Play Services and then tap on the overflow icon situated at the top right.
- Select Uninstall Updates and then tap on OK in the confirmation dialog box that appears.
- Then, head over to the Play Store and download the latest version of Google Play Services.
- Launch it and sign in with your account.
- Now try sideloading the preferred Pixel app and the Verification Failure Error on your Android 11 device should be fixed.
On the other hand, there also exists a root method to carry out the aforementioned task.
If your device is rooted and you have the Xposed Framework installed, then you could try out the Xposed module to bypass the verification check.
