by dbadmin | Feb 4, 2026 | Android 17, Google, News
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR The Android Canary program officially replaces the long-standing Android Developer Preview program. Unlike Developer Previews, which were limited to early release cycles, the Canary channel offers a rolling, year-round...
by dbadmin | Feb 3, 2026 | Android, Android 17, Features, Google, SDK, Software Update
Google has been changing the usual cycle of Android updates and releases since Android 15. Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen the introduction of quarterly releases, a switch from the brief Developer Preview releases to year-long Canary releases, the reduction...
by dbadmin | Feb 2, 2026 | Android 17, Authority Insights, Google, News
TL;DR Google has discontinued the Wicked theme pack for Pixel devices. However, it says, “new theme packs are coming.” Google has also dropped more hints about upcoming AI-based icon theming, which could arrive soon but would require Android 17 to work. For years now,...
by dbadmin | Jan 30, 2026 | Android 17, News, Polls, Survey Results
Blur is currently in vogue, and no, not in the 1990s indie rock sense either. iOS 26 and its Liquid Glass aesthetic might be divisive, but it is certainly striking. We’ve seen more Android OEMs add additional blur effects to their skins in recent months, too. Now, it...
by dbadmin | Jan 29, 2026 | Android 17, Apple iOS, Features, Material 3 Expressive
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority I’ll admit, I’m hard to please when it comes to UI, but that might be because I’m the sort of person who secretly wishes were peering at green text and living in a world of cassette futurism. I had to invent a new word to...
by dbadmin | Jan 28, 2026 | Android 17, News
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