Android 17 has been in beta for some time now, but Google keeps adding new features. If you haven’t been following all the announcements, you can watch the 90-second recap video below to get the highlights. There are long videos with details Main Android Experience, gemini intelligence, android auto And, of course, Google Books.
There’s a lot to take in – there are lots of new features and new products! But did any of them excite you – which one? That’s what we want to know this week.
Some of these are overdue – Google says Instagram videos taken with Android phones are now “as good as or better than major competitors.” This is thanks to the number of creative-focused features that were added in version 17 (video stabilization, Night Sight integration, UltraHDR photo support for Instagram). Compatibility with AirDrop is another long-awaited feature.
Nice job getting access to the iPhone, right? Or maybe that’s too harsh – now you have even more reasons to stick with Android or switch to it. What do you think?
And there are some nice new additions too. The Continue feature lets you seamlessly switch between using an app on your phone to using the same app on your tablet without any hassle. Then there are cool but niche features like Screen Reactions – a picture-in-picture mode that combines screen recording with selfie videos.
What features are you excited to try? You can choose more than one!
Then there are all the improvements in Gemini Intelligence, Wear OS, android autoSmart glasses and the Android-powered Googlebook.
What are you waiting for? Note that you can choose more than one.
