{"id":502947,"date":"2026-06-16T18:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502947\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:42:11","slug":"google-releases-android-17-thurrott-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502947\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Releases Android 17 – Thurrott.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Google has finalized the initial release of Android 17, and it\u2019s rolling out first on supported Pixel devices starting today. Google also announced a related June 2026 Pixel Drop<\/a> and the release of Wear OS 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndroid 17 is here, bringing a suite of features designed to enhance your productivity, entertainment, security and safety,\u201d Google Android platform vice president and general manager Seang Chau writes<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s rolling out first to Pixel today, followed by other eligible Android devices throughout 2026. Select advanced devices will get Gemini Intelligence later this summer, helping you stay a step ahead and work proactively to get things done throughout your day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the more noteworthy features in this release include:<\/p>\n

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Bubbles, which lets users turn any app into a compact, floating window. On foldables, bubbled apps are docked in a new bubble bar at the bottom of the screen so you can switch to them easily or resize and maximize them as needed. Bubbles are handy for travel, entertainment, and work, Chau says, and you can \u201ceasily reference notes or maps, watch tutorials and even check sports. It keeps everything you need in reach but out of the way.\u201d
\nScreen reactions, part of an update to Android\u2019s screen recording and annotation capabilities, lets you record yourself on the phone\u2019s selfie camera while capturing the screen. This lets you comment on and react to what\u2019s happening on-screen, whether it\u2019s in an app or website, and without requiring separate apps.<\/p>\n

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Foldable gaming mode provides a 50\/50 split screen view for playing games on the top half of a foldable phone with a dynamic, virtual gamepad on the bottom half. This feature ships in Android 17 but will be made available in the coming months, Google says.
\nNew security and safety features in Android 17 include the ability to temporarily grant precise location information to apps and specific contacts, a new Mark as Lost feature in Find Hub, improvements to the Live Threat Detection service, and an enhanced Advanced Protection mode.
\nImproved performance and battery life with app memory limits and other internal updates.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more, like the ability to hide app names on the home screen, expanded Parental Controls, a dedicated volume control for digital assistants, and improvements to Dark mode, but you can learn more about Android 17 on the Android website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google has finalized the initial release of Android 17, and it\u2019s rolling out first on supported Pixel devices…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[9640,61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-502947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-android-17","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}