Android 17 Arrives On Pixel Phones Today

Following its charismatic debut past month, Google is now rolling retired Android 17 to compatible Pixel phones, alongside further exclusive features arsenic portion of nan June Pixel Drop. Not each characteristic announced alongside nan OS astatine nan pre-I/O Android Show is disposable coming though.

Android 17 itself is arriving connected Pixel phones today, and Google says different manufacturers will beryllium issuing nan update passim 2026. The biggest personification interface update is nan preamble of Bubbles, floating app windows that you tin unfastened pinch a agelong property — akin floating windows are already recovered successful galore Android skins, but are now an charismatic portion of 17. Google is making them much useful connected bigger screens, pinch a dedicated “bubble bar” dock astatine nan bottommost of nan surface for easier multitasking connected foldables and tablets.

The update besides includes Screen Reactions, which make it easy to grounds selfie video while you screen-record, taking nan hassle retired of signaling a guidance video for societal media. Foldables are besides getting caller gaming controls that show a touchscreen gamepad connected nan bottommost half of nan display, while nan crippled itself sits connected top, and each Android phones will get autochthonal controller remappping. Various expanded parental controls and information features are besides included successful nan update.

There are much caller features rolling retired exclusively to Pixel phones, though astir are wider description s of existing abilities. The caller Gemini Omni model will go disposable successful nan Gemini app to create video from matter prompts, while Lyria 3 lets you do nan aforesaid for music. AirDrop support done Quick Share is expanding to nan Pixel 8A and 9A, Voice Translate for telephone calls is coming to nan 10A, and Take a Message will now beryllium disposable connected each Pixel from nan 6 onwards (except successful India, wherever it’s still constricted to nan 10 bid only). Finally, conversational editing successful Google Photos is expanding to nan UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, while Magic Cue suggestions will look successful caller messaging apps — though Google didn’t specify which.

There are plentifulness of features announced astatine nan Android Show that aren’t included successful today’s rollout. Google says that its array of caller Gemini Intelligence features will get connected “select precocious devices” later this summer. Those should see nan Rambler transcription tool, AI-generated widgets, and expanded Task Automation. Google hasn’t confirmed erstwhile different features, for illustration redesigned emoji and nan Pause Point wellbeing tool, will get an charismatic release.