Google unveiled its new AI-first Googlebooks laptops, more agentic Gemini features, vibe-coded Android widgets, Gemini in Chrome, refreshed Android Auto, and more ahead of I/O.
Intrusion Logging is a new part of Android’s Advanced Protection Mode, which aims to help protect human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents from government spyware attack and law enforcement forensic devices.
Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.
The Android Show 2026 contained numerous major Android 17 announcements — these are the seven biggest upcoming features.
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Google is bringing these Gemini features to Android, expanding it across apps and devices to automate everyday tasks, simplify browsing, and make your phone feel more helpful while keeping you in control.
Android to iPhone transfers are starting to feel less like chaos and more like copy, paste, done.
Google announced a new set of privacy and theft protection updates for Android 17 at the Android Show I/O Edition today, including a new location button that automatically revokes an app’s access to your precise location once you close it.
Google has announced a broad set of security upgrades for Android at the Android Show I/O Edition today, headlined by a new verified financial calls feature that will automatically end spoofed calls impersonating your bank.
Android Auto is getting a major upgrade that goes beyond design tweaks, bringing smarter navigation, richer entertainment, and a more helpful driving experience.
It is, once again, Gemini season. Google is announcing a host of new Gemini features during its pre-I/O Android showcase, many of which aim to help use your phone for you. You’ll find Gemini in more places, like Chrome on Android, in your autofill suggestions, and all up in your apps – if you want. […]