Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced a slew of upcoming features for its Android 17 operating system, showcasing its progress in artificial intelligence weeks before Apple Inc. is set to announce major upgrades to its own iOS platform and AI offerings.

Google previewed Android 17 with Gemini AI tools, AirDrop-style sharing, privacy upgrades, multitasking changes, and stronger security controls.

Google has detailed several new and previously known Android security features that users can expect to roll out this year.

Google has started the rollout of Android Auto 16.8 to production devices; the beta build provided us with an early look at a new big feature

The highlight of this year’s Android Show was Googlebooks, a new line of laptops running Android. They can cast apps from Android phones, pull files directly from a connected Android device, and offer contextual AI suggestions using the mouse pointer. Google says the first of these Chromebook successors are “coming this fall.”

Google's got a new bleeding-edge release ready for testers, with Android Canary 2605 now available for the Pixel 6 and newer.

Google's May 2026 keynote revealed Android 17 with advanced AI tools, better Instagram upload quality, and much more.

Android Auto's biggest update in a long time is here, bringing a redesigned interface, new features, and significant improvements to Google Maps integration.