{"id":206755,"date":"2026-01-26T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/preview-app-lock-screen-recording-and-other-android-17-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:35:09","slug":"preview-app-lock-screen-recording-and-other-android-17-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/preview-app-lock-screen-recording-and-other-android-17-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview app lock, screen recording, and other Android 17 changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/app-lock-3635239\/\">Preview app lock, screen recording, and other Android 17 changes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/app-lock-3635239\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/app-lock-3635239\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-26 15:59:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>C. Scott Brown \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Screenshots offer a peak at Google\u2019s work on several changes we\u2019re expecting to debut with Android 17.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve been anticipating new screen recording tools for tablets, and here we see the same UI for phones.<\/li>\n<li>Google\u2019s been working on a tool to lock down access to apps, and we find a few signs of it here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Android 17 is set to deliver a lot of changes to our favorite mobile operating system, not just in terms of new functionality, but also with updates to the look and feel of existing systems. We just brought you a look at some of its new translucency effects a few hours ago, and now we\u2019ve got a handful of additional images to share, highlighting even more changes due to arrive with Android\u2019s next major release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The imagery we\u2019re looking at here comes to us from Telegram user RKBDI, who reports that they\u2019re operating an internal OEM AOSP build. And while we are seeing it identify as Baklava in a few screens, this code clearly includes some upcoming additions. Let\u2019s start with some more of that see-through volume bar action, doing its best Liquid Glass impression:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"a17 transparency volume\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume-48w-64h.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume-1000w-1333h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume-1080w-1440h.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume-810w-1080h.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume-648w-864h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume-285w-380h.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume-675w-900h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"a17 transparency volume\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-transparency-volume.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019re not just here to rehash what we\u2019ve checked out before \u2014 we\u2019re also getting an early look at some new Android 17 tools that we haven\u2019t seen much of in action yet. We\u2019re expecting Android 17 to introduce a quick way to restrict access to specific apps \u2014 an app lock. Here, we see the option for locking an app after long-pressing on its icon, as well as a screen lock message acknowledging its role in app locking:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"a17 app lock 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1-48w-64h.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1-1000w-1333h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1-1080w-1440h.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1-810w-1080h.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1-648w-864h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1-285w-380h.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1-675w-900h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"a17 app lock 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-1.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_Ug\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"a17 app lock 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2-48w-64h.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2-1000w-1333h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2-1080w-1440h.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2-810w-1080h.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2-648w-864h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2-285w-380h.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2-675w-900h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"a17 app lock 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a17-app-lock-2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019re still working to put together the complete picture on app locking, we recently uncovered some text strings that hinted at how notifications would be supported with the feature engaged.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another new one we\u2019ve had a partial look at before, but never quite in this form. Remember, back last fall, when we brought you a preview of the changes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/app-lock-3635239\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview app lock, screen recording, and other Android 17 changes https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/app-lock-3635239\/ Publish Date: 2026-01-26 15:59:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":206756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Google-Pixel-10-in-Frost-vs-Google-Pixel-10-Pro-in-Moonstone-1-of-5.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-206755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206757,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206755\/revisions\/206757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}