Per leaked images, Android 17 blur effects could be here to stay. But how do Android Authority readers feel about it? Survey ...

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 ...

Google appears to be working on a native App Lock feature for Android 17, based on code spotted in a recent Canary build. The feature would let users lock individual apps behind Face Unlock, ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the weekend news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade with multiple publications, including the likes of Times Internet, ...

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 ...

What’s happened? Google is testing a new Contacts Picker in development builds of Android 17. According to Android Authority, the new Contact Picker lets you choose which contacts to share with an app ...

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 ...