5 Cool New Features Added In Android’s June 2026 Update
5 Cool New Features Added In Android’s June 2026 Update
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Publish Date: 2026-06-16 05:17:00
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Google announced a ton of new things coming to Android 17 during Google I/O 2026. While Android users will need to wait for some of those features to drop, Google has already given them a taste of what’s to come for the platform with the June 2026 Android update. This new update brings refinements to some of Google’s already existing features — like the extremely useful AI-powered Circle to Search — while introducing new features altogether that will help increase the security of your device and how you use it.
There are seven total big changes set to release with the latest Android update, and while some are already available at the time of this article’s posting, others are scheduled to release in the coming weeks. Of course, you may also need to wait for the manufacturer of your phone to adapt these features to its custom operating systems, which means Galaxy S26 users and those sporting a non-Pixel device may not find these available to them immediately.
Detect scam calls more easily
One of the first big features that Google highlighted as part of the June 2026 Android update is a big improvement to how Phone by Google will now verify that an incoming call is actually from one of your contacts. This should, hopefully, help cut down on the potential for bad actors to spoof a contact’s phone number and then pretend to…
