{"id":244851,"date":"2026-05-13T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/initially-on-pixel-googles-android-upgrade-offer-for-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T01:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:45:08","slug":"initially-on-pixel-googles-android-upgrade-offer-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/initially-on-pixel-googles-android-upgrade-offer-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Initially On Pixel\u2019\u2014Google\u2019s Android Upgrade Offer For 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Initially On Pixel\u2019\u2014Google\u2019s Android Upgrade Offer For 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2026\/05\/13\/initially-on-pixel-googles-android-upgrade-offer-for-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-13 01:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

All change for Android<\/span><\/p>\n

getty<\/p>\n

The threat landscape is evolving, Google warns, confirming a raft of new Android changes to bring \u201cAI-powered protections and advanced safeguards\u201d to phones. This is the most comprehensive security offer that has ever come to Android.<\/p>\n

In a May 12 announcement, the company set out in detail what users can expect through 2026. The main upgrades require Android 17, coming \u201cinitially to Pixel.\u201d Owners of Samsungs and other phones will have to wait much longer.<\/p>\n

Not all the security upgrades need a new OS. A defense against banking scams, co-opting banks into verifying their phone numbers to isolate scammers is coming to Android 11 and newer. But this only works with participating banks. \u201cSpoofed calls,\u201d Google says, \u201care one of the drivers of social engineering scams and financial fraud, which cause an estimated $980M in annual losses worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

All change for Android<\/span><\/p>\n

getty<\/p>\n

But Android 17 is the centrepiece. New upgrades include enhancements to Live Threat Detection \u201cto warn you about apps that start doing things like changing or hiding their icon and then launching from the background or abusing accessibility permissions.” Android will also respond faster to \u201cnew and emerging threat behaviors.\u201d This comes with Android 17 \u201cin the second half of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google will also uplift protections in Chrome against dangerous APKs. \u201cIf you have Safe Browsing turned on and want to download an app, we\u2019ll evaluate the APK for known malware and stop you before you download it.\u201d<\/p>\n

And even more critically, \u201cwith Android 17 we\u2019re expanding our core advanced protections by removing access to the accessibility service from all apps that are not labeled as accessibility tools.\u201d The abuse of powerful, system-level accessibility services is the most dangerous permission threat across Android.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Android 17 brings new data protection defenses for stolen phones, \u201cenabled by default on all new Android 17 devices.\u201d Once…<\/p>\n

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