{"id":208296,"date":"2026-01-30T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/a-blurry-vision-of-android\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:40:08","slug":"a-blurry-vision-of-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/a-blurry-vision-of-android\/","title":{"rendered":"A blurry vision of Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/30\/pixelated-86\/\">A blurry vision of Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/30\/pixelated-86\/\">https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/30\/pixelated-86\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-30 16:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"9to5google.com\">9to5google.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to episode 86 of Pixelated, a podcast by\u00a09to5Google.\u00a0This week, Abner, Damien, and Will dig into an early Android 17 build that includes one big visual change: blurred backdrops. 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