
Joe Maring / Android Authority
It’s been just about a week since Google launched Android 17 Beta 1, and as you’ve probably heard by now, it’s not a particularly big update. While we expect more new features in later beta versions, Beta 1 is pretty light on user-facing changes.
However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything cool in this first beta release.
I’ve been testing Android 17 Beta 1 on one of my Pixels, and there are already two features I desperately miss whenever I go back to a phone…

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