Android 17 QPR1 Beta ditches app predictions for your most recent apps, making multitasking on foldables and tablets faster.

For as long as Android phones have existed, they’ve stuck with a tried-and-true UI. You get a home screen with a dock of icons, and a “multitasking” screen with recent apps. I wanted something better, ...

Google is actively developing a “tiny taskbar” for Android phones, adapting the tablet version to improve multitasking on smaller screens. Recent updates fixed a visual bug and added a unique recent ...

App bubbles are especially great on foldables.

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Google is working on a “tiny taskbar” for Android phones, essentially taking that larger taskbar we’ve seen on tablets and foldable devices, and bringing it to slab-style Android phones. While it’s ...

Holy moly, I am flying around my phone this week. It’s a wild feeling — especially since Google’s grand I/O gala, which is traditionally the time when shapeshifting new Android additions are supposed ...

Explore Android 17 features, including Bubbles multitasking, Gemini AI, foldable gaming, and stronger anti-theft security.