by dbadmin | Feb 27, 2026 | Android 17, Authority Insights, Google, News
TL;DR SIM PINs help protect you from attackers intercepting 2FA codes. Manually entering the PIN on boot can get annoying, though. With Android 17, Google is building a new system for letting the phone automatically handle SIM PIN unlocks. If you’re a responsible...
by dbadmin | Feb 26, 2026 | Android 17, Google, News
TL;DR Android 17 Beta 2 is now available for installation on Pixel 6 and newer phones. Google’s first Android 17 Beta arrived earlier this month, on February 3. Android 17 should hit Platform Stability sometime in March. This week may be Samsung’s time in the...
by dbadmin | Feb 21, 2026 | Android 17, Features, Google, Google Pixel
It’s been just about a week since Google launched Android 17 Beta 1, and as you’ve probably heard by now, it’s not a particularly big update. While we expect more new features in later beta versions, Beta 1 is pretty light on user-facing changes. However, that doesn’t...
by dbadmin | Feb 19, 2026 | Android, Android 17, Features, Google, Software Update
The first Android 17 beta has been out for a few days now, but you’d be hard-pressed to find any significant changes over the previous Android 16 QPR3 beta or even the stable release of Android 16 QPR2. This wasn’t a surprise, though. If last year was anything to go...
by dbadmin | Feb 17, 2026 | Android 17, Google, News
TL;DR Google is introducing a new system in Android 17 to reduce time software threads spend waiting for each other to complete. By revising how access to memory is temporarily locked, DeliQueue lets threads run with fewer interruptions. That could result in a 4%...
by dbadmin | Feb 16, 2026 | Android 17, Google, Google Pixel, News
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The Pixel Launcher search bar in Android 17 Beta 1 is now the Google widget. Hidden settings discovered in the beta suggest users will eventually be able to select third-party search providers like DuckDuckGo. These...
