Android 17 adds ‘location button’ for apps and more private ‘Approximate’ algorithm
Android 17 features a number of location privacy updates, with the latest introduced in Beta 3 being the “location button.”
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Android 17 features a number of location privacy updates, with the latest introduced in Beta 3 being the “location button.”
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Android always has an Easter egg with each new version buried in the Settings menu, but something different is happening this year, with each new beta release tweaking the Android 17 logo just a little bit, and maybe hinting at something bigger in the pipeline.
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Google has finally decided to restore the ability to quickly enable and disable your Wi-Fi connection with a single tap of the QS toggle in Android 17 Beta 3.
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Android 16 introduced translucency to the notification shade and Quick Settings last year. As rumored, Android 17 Beta 3 continues that blur trend.
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Google is adding a new option in Android 17 Beta 3 that gives users granular control over which apps can be forced into “Expanded” dark theme modes.
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After launching in last week’s Android Canary update, Google has added its redesigned screen recording menu to today’s Android 17 Beta 3, setting the stage for an all-but-guaranteed stable rollout later this year.
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For a very, very long time, Android has combined mobile data and Wi-Fi into one Quick Settings button. It looks like data and Wi-Fi are splitting up in the latest Android 17 Beta 3 update.
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Google today rolled out Android 17 Beta 3 for Pixel devices. This comes a month after the second release.
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Google has released Android 17 in beta for Pixel devices, skipping the usual Developer Preview given the arrival of new Canary builds, and you can install it now. Here’s how.
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Exactly four weeks after the last release, Google is rolling out Android 17 Beta 3 for Pixel devices. This update features the Platform Stability milestone.
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Android 17 Beta 2 fell into our laps today, and unlike Google’s first build, this one is chock full of new features, including an all-new windowing mode that takes bubbles to the next level.
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Google today released Android 17 Beta 2 for Pixel devices. This comes less than two weeks after the first release.
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Less than two weeks after the inaugural release, Android 17 Beta 2 is already rolling out to Pixel devices.
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Google’s Sameer Samat took the stage at Galaxy Unpacked today and teased “amazing things” coming to Android 17.
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Besides what was detailed in Google’s blog post, another new “cross-device continuity” feature coming to Android 17 is “Handoff.”
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Up is down and down is up in Android 17 Beta 1. The first iteration of Google’s Android 17 update brings back a familiar design in place of the Pixel Launcher’s immovable search bar.
Expand Expanding CloseGoogle today officially announced Android 17 Beta 1 for Pixel devices. This joins the stable Android 16 QPR2 release and 16 QPR3 Beta that’s winding down.
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Update: After a two-day delay, Android 17 Beta 1 is now rolling out to Pixel devices with CP21.260116.011. You can find the OTA images here.
Here’s everything new in Android 17 Beta 1 [Gallery]
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Following the release of Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1 earlier today, Google has revealed that the Android 17 Beta is starting soon.
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The Android 17 leaks continue today with a preview of the upcoming blur effect for System UI, as well as functional changes and updates.
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Google is following last year’s Material 3 Expressive redesign on phones by introducing significantly more blur across Android 17.
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A split of Android Notifications and Quick Settings has been rumored for the past year or so, and a leak today provides the latest look.
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Google has submitted a proposal to “fix” the Play Store following its loss in the Epic Games court case, and the changes include better third-party app store support and reduced, but more complex, fees in the Play Store.
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