Ahead of the stable launch, Google is releasing Android 17 Beta 4.1 for Pixel devices. This “minor update” is a bug fixer. CP21.260330.011 (vs. CP21.260330.008) features the May 2026 security patch.

This afternoon, Google dropped a bit of a surprise update on its Pixel line-up. Android 17 Beta 4.1 was released as a minor update to April’s Beta 4, which Google said at the time would be the “last ...

Android Auto 17.0 is now live for all users. This is the first part of the good news. The second is at least as important. You can skip the wait and install the ...

Dhruv Bhutani has covered the Android ecosystem since 2010, with a focus on smartphones, connected devices, and home networking. His reporting is informed by hands-on experience reviewing hundreds of ...

Google hasn't officially launched Android Auto 17.0 to the general public just yet, but the company has started letting beta testers get in on it a little early. If you're not a beta tester but still ...

Build an Android app in minutes with Google AI Studio by signing in, choosing the latest Gemini Pro model, selecting “Build Android App,” and describing your app ...

Following The Android Show, Google made several developer announcements at I/O 2026, led by AI Studio’s new capability to build native Android apps. The web-based AI Studio now lets you build native ...

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

The development of Android Auto has reached another milestone. Version 17.0 is now available for download for the first users, and while the build number could make some people's excitement go through ...

At its annual conference, Google launched Antigravity 2.0, a standalone desktop platform designed to coordinate parallel AI development agents using Gemini 3.5 Flash. The technical overhaul includes ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

They were trailing behind their human rivals a year ago. But on Sunday, an android outpaced the entire field to run a half-marathon faster than even the quickest human. Lightning, a running robot ...