{"id":499726,"date":"2026-02-26T01:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499726\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:19:11","slug":"google-teases-amazing-things-in-android-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499726\/","title":{"rendered":"Google teases \u2018amazing things\u2019 in Android 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google\u2019s Sameer Samat took the stage at Galaxy Unpacked today and teased \u201camazing things\u201d coming to Android 17.<\/p>\n

Samat<\/a> is President of the Android Ecosystem, and started by saying how the platform is \u201cmoving from an operating system to an intelligent system.\u201d This \u201cnext chapter of Android\u201d is about making a \u201cplatform that truly understands and works for you.\u201d In terms of branding and messaging, it\u2019s an evolution of rebuilding Android with AI at the core.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got some amazing things in the next release of Android, and I\u2019m excited to share more about that in the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That would be in reference to Android 17, which entered beta earlier this month<\/a>. Google has yet to really share its tentpole features, but we\u2019re only one preview in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Historically, that has been Google I\/O, but Android 17 will be mostly finalized by May (ahead of the stable June launch). However, Google could use the conference to lay out features that are coming in future Quarterly Platform Releases, with QPR2 in December being the big upgrade again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Samat proceeded to talk about \u201cGemini\u2019s next evolution that lets you get more done across your phone.\u201d These capabilities are coming first to the Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10 series next month. Behind the scenes, this looks to be tied to Android 16 QPR3 enabling screen automation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gemini automation<\/a> was framed as a preview of what\u2019s to come for Android. Today we have the Gemini overlay, Magic Cue, and notification summaries.<\/p>\n

The Google executive ended his segment with a catchy \u201cAndroid is always where you see the future first\u201d line.<\/p>\n

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