As for the mobile update, Android 17 Beta 2 is adding a few building blocks for developers. The new tools are privacy-focused, just like the photo picker that limits access to only selected photos.

Google's Contacts app has a too-many-photos problem, but it looks like developers are already working on a solution.

That contact list on your phone is a goldmine of private data. It is full of names, birthdays, addresses, and more. Until now, if an app wanted to interact with your address book, you faced an ...

What’s happened? Google is testing a new Contacts Picker in development builds of Android 17. According to Android Authority, the new Contact Picker lets you choose which contacts to share with an app ...

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The update adds floating app bubbles, cross-device Handoff support, a privacy-focused contacts picker, and fixes for reboot ...

Dozens of secret features are still under development for Android 17, some of which promise to be excellent, and one that ...