{"id":12761,"date":"2026-05-06T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/?p=12761"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:48:14","slug":"google-prepares-android-17-launch-with-multitasking-and-sync-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/google-prepares-android-17-launch-with-multitasking-and-sync-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Prepares Android 17 Launch With Multitasking and Sync Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google is ready to launch Android 17 very soon. This new software makes your phone and tablet work together better. You get new tools to handle many apps at once and keep your data safe.<\/p>\n<p>Look I know we just got used to the version. Google is moving really fast. They are calling this new one Cinnamon Bun. To be honest it&#8217;s the next big update. I tried out the version on my Pixel phone recently. It feels really different. I mean that, in a good way. Everything moves faster now.<\/p>\n<h2>Better Multitasking With Universal Bubbles<\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12769 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-.webp\" alt=\"Google Prepares Android 17 Launch With Multitasking and Sync Features\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-.webp 1920w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android--300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android--1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android--768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android--1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android--150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android--450x253.webp 450w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android--1200x675.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Basically, the biggest change is the new bubble system. Earlier, only a few chat apps could pop up as small circles on your screen. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/android-17-leak-reveals-major-redesign-split-notification-and-settings-panels\/\">Android 17<\/a>\u00a0lets almost any app do this. You can check your Zomato order while you watch a video on YouTube. It saves a lot of time. Honestly, it makes the big screens on our phones feel more useful.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, before we talk about the screen, you should know about the sync feature. Google calls it Task Continuity. Imagine you are writing a long email on your phone while sitting in a taxi. Once you reach home and open your tablet, the same email is right there. You do not have to search for it. You just tap a small button and keep typing.<\/p>\n<p>Privacy is also getting better. We all have those apps we want to hide from friends or family. In Android 17, you get a real app lock built right into the settings. You can use your thumbprint to lock any app. You do not need those third-party locker apps from the Play Store anymore. Also, you can pick which contacts an app sees. You do not have to give away your whole phone book just to use a new social app.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12770 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1.webp\" alt=\"Google Prepares Android 17 Launch With Multitasking and Sync Features\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1.webp 1920w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1-450x253.webp 450w, https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Android-17-1-1200x675.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new update also adds a better way to record your screen. A small control bar stays at the top. You can pause or stop the recording quickly. If you use the <a href=\"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/apple-and-google-partnership-2026-gemini-ai-to-overhaul-siri-in-ios-27\/\">Gemini AI<\/a>, you can now change its volume separately. This is great if the AI voice is too loud while you listen to music.<\/p>\n<h2>Device Support and Release Dates<\/h2>\n<p>Google will talk more about this at their big event on May 19. If you have a Pixel 7 or a newer phone, you will get this update first. Other brands like Samsung or OnePlus will bring it to you later this year. Samsung users might have to wait until October for their version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is ready to launch Android 17 very soon. This new software makes your phone and tablet work together better. You get new tools to handle many apps at once and keep your data safe. Look I know we just got used to the version. Google is moving really fast. They are calling this new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12768,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12761\/revisions\/12768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}