Just what you asked for: a new Android 17 QPR1 Beta release to play around with on your Pixel all weekend long.

Google is continuing the preview cycle today with Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2, which should see a stable launch in December 2026.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. Google has come under fire for releasing upgrades and feature ...

Android 17 may give trusted apps control over screen content while a phone is locked. Google’s clearer warning reveals the ...

This took a while, but a new Android Auto update is finally available for download. Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for Android Auto 17.3, and the first users can get it through the Google ...

Being a committed and long-time Android Auto user is hard. Oddly, Google rarely seems to be willing to do anything about this. If anything, things are going from bad to worse, and the updates the ...

Google's got a powerful new option for expanding your automated Android backups — but it's up to you to find it and opt ...