Android 17 arrives on Pixel with floating apps, foldable features, and new AI tools
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First look: After several months in beta, Google is finally rolling out Android 17 to its Pixel lineup. The release arrives alongside a new Pixel Drop and updates to Wear OS, further aligning software changes across Google's phones and watches.
That context matters for understanding what this update actually is. Android, at least in its pure form, is no longer what most users interact with. On Pixel phones, the operating system sits beneath a layer of Google-specific features and services, many of which don't appear on other Android devices in quite the same way – if at all. What is shipping now, in other words, is only part of the story.
Some of the more noticeable changesfocus on multitasking. Android 17 builds on its existing Bubbles feature, turning it into something more...
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