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About a month ago, Google surprised us by releasing the first Android 16 developer preview barely a month after the stable Android 15 update came out. It began a much faster development timeline than ...

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Android 17 focuses on adaptability of apps across different form factors, enhances performance, and it's now available to download on Pixel 6 series and later models. The post Google just released the ...

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