What's Included in the Android 17 Beta? Google dropped Android 17 beta 4.1 on June 1. Perhaps the biggest new feature on tap is Google's own version of Apple's Handoff. Called Continue On for Android ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Android phones don't slow down because the ...

The Google I/O annual developer conference is around the corner—May 19—but in what is quickly becoming a tradition, Google announced new features for Android and Gemini a week early. The news came on ...

Google has confirmed it's working on multiple smart glasses, built for the Android XR platform. Credit: CAMILLE COHEN/AFP via Getty Images UPDATE: May. 19, 2026, 2:40 p.m. EDT Google has officially ...

Google has announced “Android Halo,” a new system that shows live AI agent activity at the top of your screen. Halo will let users track what Gemini Spark and ...

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The overhaul -- including the biggest Google Maps update in a decade -- brings a full UI refresh and new Gemini capabilities to more than 250 million vehicles. Antuan started out in the automotive ...

On-stage at Google I/O 2026, we’re getting a preview of the first Android XR glasses built as a collaboration between Google and Samsung and confirmation of multiple style offerings With a name and ...

Google I/O 2026 is just a few hours away, with the big keynote scheduled for May 19. Last year’s event saw a heavy focus on AI, and we are expecting a similar theme this time around. Here’s what to ...

Scanners of various flavors still exist, of course, but there's a lot less need for the average person to own one. Your recent-ish photographs are all going to be digital, and it's rare that most ...