Why this is important: For Android gamers, these changes mean your phone or tablet might finally behave more like a proper gaming machine, with your controller in hand, and no touch-only compromises.

Google is developing a new Contacts Picker tool for Android 17 to fix the current all-or-nothing contacts permission. This tool will allow you to share specific contacts with an app, rather than your ...

The vast majority of Android games use touchscreen controls, which makes sense since most Android devices are smartphones or tablets. However, there’s a growing number of Android games you can play ...

Android 17 is set to revolutionize mobile gaming with major controller upgrades. Features include native button remapping and a “virtual gamepad” that allows physical controllers to work with ...

Android 17’s internal codename could indeed be ‘Cinnamon Bun.’ The reference to this was discovered within the code of the latest Android Canary release. However, Google doesn’t publicly refer to ...

Now that Android 16 has been out for quite some time already, Google is working on the new OS, Android 17. However, we don’t know too many details about the OS currently. A leak from August claimed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Janhoi McGregor (jan-eye) is a reporter who covers technology news. The early signs were there that Apple had produced something ...