{"id":245966,"date":"2026-05-14T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/heres-6-more-android-17-features-you-didnt-know-about\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:15:07","slug":"heres-6-more-android-17-features-you-didnt-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/heres-6-more-android-17-features-you-didnt-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s 6 More Android 17 Features You Didn&#8217;t Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/05\/14\/heres-even-more-android-17-features-you-need-to-know\/\">Here&#8217;s 6 More Android 17 Features You Didn&#8217;t Know About<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/05\/14\/heres-even-more-android-17-features-you-need-to-know\/\">https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/05\/14\/heres-even-more-android-17-features-you-need-to-know\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-14 13:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.droid-life.com\">www.droid-life.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google may have revealed a bunch of major feature changes for Android 17 earlier this week through the latest edition of \u201cThe Android Show,\u201d but they weren\u2019t done. Today, the Android team dropped a new video that dives into other Android 17 changes you might love even more.<\/p>\n<p>As a bit of a spoiler, most of this is stuff we talked about after the Android 17 Beta 3 dropped a few weeks ago, but Google is really confirming that it all plans to be here when Android 17 goes stable in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-else-is-new-in-android-17\">What else is new in Android 17?<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bubbles for any app<\/strong>: Again, we talked about this a few weeks ago, but yes, you can now put any app on your phone into a Bubble. This used to be reserved for messaging apps, but Google is letting you go super-multitask-mode and stacking all of your most used apps in floating bubbles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-980x653.jpg\" alt=\"Android 17 Bubbles\" class=\"wp-image-318469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Android-17-Bubbles-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"\/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Game controller button mapping<\/strong>: If you happen to play games on your phone with a mobile-supported controller, Google has finally built-in button remapping into Android.<\/li>\n<li><strong>One-time location and precise location access<\/strong>: Google is doing a couple of new things with location access in Android 17. The first is a one-time access for apps, in case it happens to be an app you don\u2019t trust or don\u2019t plan to use often. The other is a precise location privacy change that can widen or shrink the precision depending on the crowd around you. If you are in a sparsely populated area, Android 17 will recognize and widen the zone it thinks you are in.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Per-app dark theme<\/strong>: This one speaks for itself, but yes, you can set per-app dark themes in Android 17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-980x634.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-270x175.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-1536x993.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-2048x1324.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-440x285.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-320x207.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-1400x905.jpg 1400w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-980x634.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-980x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-980x634.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-270x175.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-1536x993.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-2048x1324.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-440x285.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-320x207.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Android-17-Controller-Button-Remapping-1400x905.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"\/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Improved split screen<\/strong>: A new interface for split-screen is here, making it more intuitive for those of you who split screen a lot. this is likely a big improvement for foldables and bigger screens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Separate volume for voice assistant<\/strong>: We talked about this recently too, but Google is separating the voice assistant volume to allow you to control it talking back to you in whatever&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/05\/14\/heres-even-more-android-17-features-you-need-to-know\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s 6 More Android 17 Features You Didn&#8217;t Know About https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/05\/14\/heres-even-more-android-17-features-you-need-to-know\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-14 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