Google today released Android 17 Beta 2 for Pixel devices. This comes less than two weeks after the first release.

Android 17 Beta 2 has been released for Pixel devices. You’ll find support for the build all the way back to the Pixel 6 lineup. Inside Beta 2, there are plenty of noteworthy things. There’s a section ...

The 2026 Mazda CX-5 crossover is all-new with sharper exterior styling, a noticeably larger and more spacious interior, and a new infotainment system. The infotainment upgrade ...

Even super-expensive Android smartphones can sometimes experience glitches. The reason is a limitation in the operating system itself, dating back to its early days. With Android 17, Google is ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

The UI System released its 2025 annual report on Jan. 22, which detailed a collection of its three campuses’ recent research, community outreach and economic impact. “The University of Illinois System ...

The new interface could take inspiration from iOS 26's Liquid Glass design. Credit: ExtremeTech Rumor has it that Google plans to expand blur and translucency effects across Android 17's interface, ...

A leaked internal build suggests Android 17 will push UI blur even further, adding more translucent and color-tinted elements across the system. While the overall look won’t change drastically, Google ...

Google is following last year’s Material 3 Expressive redesign on phones by introducing significantly more blur across Android 17. Based on images of internal builds that we and others have seen, ...

Google’s convenient, hands-free voice search on Android is getting a major UI overhaul, proving that even subtle refinements matter. For years, voice search was the quiet workhorse of the Android ...

A new leak shows what Android 17’s dual-shade Quick Settings/Notifications UI will look like on foldable phones. Large-screen devices, such as foldables and tablets, will reportedly not have the ...