At the heart of these subtler tweaks are four key changes in Android 17: app memory limits, local network permissions, dynamic code loading restrictions, and Certificate Transparency by default.

Android 17, Google's latest model of mobile operating system, is officially available — at least for owners of Pixel phones. Google also released a new Pixel Drop and the latest operating system for ...

A year on from Android 16 and with a massive Material 3 Expressive update in between, Android 17 is ready for primetime, and here’s every single feature you need to know. Sadly, this is not a huge, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Apple released its first iPhone back in 2007, and the device quickly — and completely — changed the mobile phone industry. As evidence of this ...

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

Google previewed Android 17 with Gemini AI tools, AirDrop-style sharing, privacy upgrades, multitasking changes, and stronger security controls. Android 17 is going big on AI. But its best upgrades ...

Android Auto has been the standard for integrating your Android smartphone's capabilities into your vehicle's dashboard for quite a while now. The combination of clear GPS visibility, music control, ...

Google I/O, the company's big annual developer conference, is almost upon us. But the company isn't waiting until then to reveal what it has in store for Android. There was just far too much news on ...

At Google’s virtual Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday, the tech giant announced a series of upcoming updates and features, including improved Gemini Intelligence features; new hardware called ...

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The Google I/O annual developer conference is around the corner—May 19—but in what is quickly becoming a tradition, Google announced new features for Android and Gemini a week early. The news came on ...

Google’s I/O conference is next week, and we expect to hear a lot about the company’s AI endeavors. The company says there’s so much to talk about that it’s spilling the Android beans a little early, ...