7 best Android 17 upgrades announced at The Android Show — from 3D emojis to Screen Reactions
7 best Android 17 upgrades announced at The Android Show — from 3D emojis to Screen Reactions
Publish Date: 2026-05-12 03:00:00
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Google’s pre-I/O Android Show for 2026 has now concluded, and it was packed full of announcements surrounding new features and upgrades to existing Android tools.
Many of these upgrades are related to AI, as you might expect, but we also saw Google announce new emojis, improvements to Android security, and a whole lot more.
So, below, we’ve rounded up seven of the biggest and best Android 17 upgrades that were announced at The Android Show.
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1. Gemini Intelligence
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Gemini Intelligence is perhaps the biggest single announcement we saw at The Android Show — it’s essentially an upgrade to Gemini that makes it a lot more capable and more of an agentic AI.
With this upgrade, Gemini can seamlessly move between apps to carry out tasks for you, with minimal oversight on your part. One example given was long-pressing the power button when a grocery list is visible on your phone, and then asking Gemini to build a shopping cart with all those items for delivery.
Another was taking a photo of a travel brochure and asking it to find a similar trip for six people on Expedia. You can then track Gemini’s progress with the task via notifications.
Plus, Gemini Intelligence also allows you to build custom widgets with a new ‘Create My Widget’ feature. You could, for example, ask it to suggest a new vegetarian meal recipe every day, and it will then create a resizable home screen widget for that specific request.
These tools will be rolling out from “this summer”, starting with the latest Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones. For the full list of features, check out our dedicated Gemini Intelligence features roundup.
2. Rambler
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