Google is working on a native App Lock feature, and it could arrive as early as Android 17 next year. Here's how it might work!

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 ...

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 introduces a new Contacts Picker to fix the perpetual privacy flaw of all-or-nothing contact access. The tool allows selective sharing, giving apps only a one-time snapshot of necessary ...

Google just rolled out Android 16, and the update will be making its way to the broader Android ecosystem over the coming months. If you've got an eligible Pixel (Pixel 6 and above), you can install ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

Update your Android device now. Update, May 7 2025: This story, originally published May 6, has been updated with advice from a senior security strategy manager regarding the critical CVE-2025-27363 ...

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 ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. It was back in August when we first heard that Android 17 might carry an internal codename of Cinnamon Bun.