{"id":244662,"date":"2026-05-12T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/android-17-will-excite-the-rich-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:50:07","slug":"android-17-will-excite-the-rich-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/android-17-will-excite-the-rich-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 17 Will Excite the Rich. But What About the Rest of Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/android-17-will-excite-the-rich-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us\/\">Android 17 Will Excite the Rich. But What About the Rest of Us?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/android-17-will-excite-the-rich-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/android-17-will-excite-the-rich-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 16:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">Google seems to think I&#8217;m far wealthier than I am. At least, that&#8217;s the impression I got from just having watched this year&#8217;s Android Show. The company showed off a variety of new Android 17 features, all of which seem squarely targeted toward folks with the same salary as its own CEO.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\">It left me thinking, what about the rest of us?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Android Show is Google&#8217;s 30-minute prerecorded show ahead of its big I\/O keynote, in which it previews upcoming Android features. This time, the big news was deeper integration with Gemini AI tools, a better Android Auto interface and a build-your-own widget creator, which does things like keeping track of your upcoming flights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The common theme to all of these things is money. Lots of money. Money that you already have and money that you&#8217;re willing to spend.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Paris Hilton, a made-up blonde woman, wearing pink behind the wheel of a car\" height=\"667.6190476190476\" width=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-text-xxsmall\"><\/p>\n<p>Paris Hilton was the star of the show and appeared to be a &#8220;typical everyday&#8221; Android user?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-inner-spacing-right-small g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall g-color-text-meta g-text-xxxsmall\">Andrew Lanxon\/CNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Android Auto demo showed how well it fits on BMW&#8217;s larger screens and how YouTube will play at 60 frames per second on your infotainment system&#8217;s compatible display. We even got a tragic cameo by Paris Hilton in her luxury Genesis, saying how the car can turn into her own private movie theater.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I currently drive a 2007 Toyota Auris with 110,000 miles on the clock, a broken CD player, no USB inputs and covered in so much bird crap that I sometimes forget the original color. I make it &#8220;smart&#8221; by shoving my iPhone into a holder that clips onto the heating vents. My version of in-car Dolby Atmos audio is a portable Bluetooth speaker I recharge and place on the passenger seat because there&#8217;s no way to connect my phone to the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"old gray car with a very dirty windshield\" height=\"802.8854824165916\" width=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_caption g-inner-spacing-right-small g-text-xxsmall\"><\/p>\n<p>My car is covered in so much crap, I assume the seagull that flew over had eaten some seriously nasty shellfish moments prior. My car doesn&#8217;t have Android Auto.<\/p>\n<p><\/span> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-inner-spacing-right-small g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall g-color-text-meta g-text-xxxsmall\">Andrew Lanxon\/CNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Later in the Auto demo, we were shown Gemini being used to explain whether a new 65-inch TV would fit in the back of a Volvo EX60. I have to be fair&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/android-17-will-excite-the-rich-but-what-about-the-rest-of-us\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android 17 Will Excite the Rich. 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