Presuming Google doesn’t change its timelines, we expect stable Android 17 to be released sometime in June 2026. Before the official reveal, a trusted source within Google had shared evidence with us that clearly shows the company using “CinnamonBun” as the internal codename for API level 37.0, i.e., for Android 17. We’ve also gotten our hands on Android 17 QPR betas and Android 16 QPR3 stable (with the March Pixel Drop), which give us a peek at unreleased features destined for the future. This release confirms the key features we’ll see in the Android 17 stable update.
Android 17 Features (What’s New)
To try it out, open the Terminal app and tap the Display button in the top-right corner to launch a session that supports graphical output. This Time zone change notification went live in the July 2025 Android Canary release and was graduated to the stable release with Android 16 QPR2 stable release. The notification’s title will say “Your time zone changed,” and the body will include the exact time zone you’re now in. The description states that the feature will allow you to “receive a notification when your time zone is automatically updated.” Your Android phone can automatically adjust the time when you enter a new time zone. A new toggle in Android 16 QPR2 allows you to disable Failed Authentication Lock.
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The dedicated option key, also known as menu key, and its on-screen simulation, is no longer supported since Android version 10. More recent devices typically allow the former through a long press or swipe away from the home button. Many early Android OS smartphones were equipped with a dedicated search button for quick access to a web search engine and individual apps’ internal search feature. The recent list may appear side-by-side or overlapping, depending on the Android version and manufacturer. An “All Apps” screen lists kudosbet all installed applications, with the ability for users to drag an app from the list onto the home screen.
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- On newer Android versions, permissions may need to be granted per app (like Chrome or Files).
- With Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1, Google made some subtle changes to the Recents screen.
- Other Google services including Firebase Cloud Messaging, used for push notifications, are recommended for applications.
- The flash storage on Android devices is split into several partitions, such as /system/ for the operating system itself, and /data/ for user data and application installations.
- The app will not receive any subsequent updates you make to a contact’s information, further protecting your privacy by preventing apps from tracking changes over time.
- Android 17 Beta 3 introduces a separate Assistant volume slider, allowing you to change the Assistant’s volume independently from the media volume.
The app will not receive any subsequent updates you make to a contact’s information, further protecting your privacy by preventing apps from tracking changes over time. This feature works only for conversation notifications and can be opted out of, so many apps don’t support it. With the Android 17 Beta 2 release, Google officially announced the EyeDropper API, which allows apps to request a color from any pixel on the display without requiring sensitive screen-capture permissions.
In some cases it may not be possible to deny certain permissions to pre-installed apps, nor be possible to disable them. An opt-in system is used instead, in which users are prompted to grant or deny individual permissions to an app when they are needed for the first time. After reviewing these permissions, the user could choose to accept or refuse them, installing the application only if they accepted. In former Android versions, before installing an application, the Google Play store displayed a list of the requirements an app needs to function. Originally only doing so during installation, Verify Apps received an update in 2014 to “constantly” scan apps, and in 2017 the feature was made visible to users through a menu in Settings. Android applications run in a sandbox, an isolated area of the system that does not have access to the rest of the system’s resources, unless access permissions are explicitly granted by the user when the application is installed, however this may not be possible for pre-installed apps.
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With Android 17 Beta 4, Google has introduced Background Audio Hardening, placing stricter limits on apps that try to play audio, request audio focus, or change volume while running in the background. Android OS verification will help you confirm that your device is indeed running an official, widely distributed Android build. The company says it developed this feature in response to bad actors releasing modified versions of Android that appear to be the real thing.
To set up the feature, users must first tap the “Automatic PIN management” toggle, then enter their phone’s passcode or scan their biometrics. This process should work in reverse, provided Google implements a background clipboard listener on Android PCs. This new spec adds features like hybrid UWB scheduling, which allows multiple UWB applications and features to run concurrently. These changes will be ready “in a version of the next major Android release.” Google could introduce these changes as early as the initial Android 17 release, but no later than Android 17 QPR2. To support these “Registered App Stores,” Google is working on core changes to the Android operating system.
- In Android 6.0 “Marshmallow”, the permissions system was changed; apps are no longer automatically granted all of their specified permissions at installation time.
- These changes were spotted and enabled in Android 16 Beta 4 and are widely available in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1, but they are unlikely to be available in the Android 16 stable release.
- Google has developed several variations of Android for specific use cases, including Android Wear, later renamed Wear OS, for wearable devices such as wrist watches, Android TV for televisions, Android Things for smart or Internet of things devices and Android Automotive for cars.
- With Treble, the new stable vendor interface provides access to the hardware-specific parts of Android, enabling device makers to deliver new Android releases simply by updating the Android OS framework, “without any additional work required from the silicon manufacturers.”
- Not much was known about the secretive Android Inc. at the time, with the company having provided few details other than that it was making software for mobile phones.
- The platform is also focused on supporting developers with tools like ARCore and Unity to build applications for upcoming XR devices.
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