Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, introducing new multitasking features, parental controls, security tools, and smartwatch upgrades. The launch is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop that brings Google’s latest AI models to its devices.

Some Android Auto users are beginning to see a different Google Maps interface, but the change is rolling out slowly and can't be enabled manually.

Remember how last month’s Google’s I/O 2026 dev conference was literally two hours of wall-to-wall AI promotion? It turns out that the company is actually also adding some non-“Gemini Intelligence” features to Android,

The European Commission has ordered Google to give rivals, including OpenAI, access to 11 features on its Android operating system as well as share search data used to optimise its services.