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Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 is rolling out today to continue the development cycle ahead of the stable December launch.

Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 now available for Pixel devices, with this release nearly three weeks since the last update.

Besides Home MCP, Google today is also rolling out Home app (especially for the homescreen widget) and Gemini for Home voice assistant updates.

Google today is rolling out Android Canary 2609 with another update to Quick Settings that lets you require an unlock before making changes.

Google today announced “Home MCP” to let your personal AI agent interact with your smart home devices via the Model Context Protocol.

Google is rolling out an update for Maps on Android Auto that gives users the ability to edit their “driving avatar” directly from the car’s display.

Google has confirmed that a “limited” number of Pixel phones were attacked by a vulnerability related to the modem on the device.

After months in beta, Samsung is now rolling out One UI 9, based on Android 17, to select Galaxy devices.

Boox just announced three new e-ink devices on Android 16; the largest tablet is available now, but you’ll have to wait a little longer for the updated Palma 3.

As part of the September 2026 Feature Drop, Google today is rolling out a Wear OS update to the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4.

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Google today announced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking as its “most advanced live dialogue models yet.”

New updates are starting to roll out that will let Samsung Gallery replace its OneDrive integration with Google Photos support.

The Android 17 QPR1 update with the September 2026 security patch is rolling out today for the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Tablet, Fold, 8, 8 Pro, 8a, 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro Fold, 9a, 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, 10a, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, and 11 Pro Fold.

There are Pixel fixes across Apps, Bluetooth, Camera, Display & Graphics, Framework, System, Telephony, and User Interface.

Get ready, Android 17 QPR1 is now available, and it might be a refresh that hardware holdouts hope is going to give them some great new features – here is everything new.

Google today is rolling out the September 2026 Pixel Drop. This is a smaller update, with Android 17 QPR1 bringing the bulk of new features and changes. That said, recent weeks have seen updates for Pixel Journal, Now Playing, Recorder, Screenshots, and Weather.

Following an extended beta period, Android 17 QPR1 is rolling out to Google Pixel devices with the September 2026 Feature Drop and security patch.

Google has shared some new blueprint-style wallpapers for the Pixel 11 series, and they look pretty awesome.

Rambler in Gboard is perhaps one of the best Pixel 11 features, delivering powerful voice-to-text backed up by AI models. Once you’ve used it, it’s hard to switch back to anything else, but the Microsoft-owned SwiftKey is testing out a new “AI voice” feature that brings the core functionality of Pixel 11’s Rambler to basically any other Android phone.