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In abstract:
- Tech Advisor stories Google launched a July replace addressing important Android 17 issues that plagued the June 16 debut with bugs and glitches.
- The replace fixes Pixel machine boot loops, app crashes, system widget show points, and Pixel Fold navigation button alignment issues.
- This stabilization effort comes as Google prepares for the Pixel 11 launch on August twelfth, competing with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8.
Google has began rolling out the primary replace to Android 17 since its problematic debut, fixing a minimum of a few of the early teething issues.
Android 17 began arriving on Pixel telephones on 16 June, and we’ve been reporting on the following stream of bugs and glitches ever since. It’s honest to say that issues haven’t gone easily for what ought to be a ‘steady launch’.
Hopefully, this primary Android 17 replace will go some strategy to making up for that.
The July 2026 safety patch is right here for every little thing from the Google Pixel 6 proper by to the Google Pixel 10a, and each Google cellphone launched in between.
Chris Martin / Foundy
Android 17 bugs squashed
The formally launched checklist of fixes is hardly intensive, but it surely’s welcome nonetheless.
Maybe the most important information right here is that Google has addressed the Android 17 system problem that noticed some Pixel units failing to load or turning into caught in a boot loop.
Google’s replace additionally fixes a problem that noticed sure apps crashing or failing to launch. It additionally fixes a bug that noticed system widgets displaying incorrectly.
There was a problem with Pixel Fold units that noticed navigation buttons altering alignment after folding and unfolding. That ought to now be sorted.
Lastly, a bug that noticed the wallpaper form impact incorrectly masking the topic fairly than showing within the background has been squashed.
Good work, Google. Now, about these connectivity and random touchscreen enter points…
Chris Martin / Foundy
Pixel 11 launch confirmed
Google will wish to get its Android 17 home so as, given the latest affirmation that it is going to be asserting the Google Pixel 11 vary on 12 August.
That’s slightly sooner than we predicted (although solely by six days), and Google will wish to hit the bottom operating with its shiny new telephones.
Particularly so now that we’ve had it confirmed that Samsung will beat Google to the punch with its personal Unpacked occasion on 22 July.
Google is predicted to supply a barely extra thrilling improve than final 12 months, notably with the Pixel 11 Professional, but it surely in all probability received’t have something as thrilling because the brand-new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 (Broad).