--- title: Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as... description: Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, landing first on Pixel devices alongside a Pixel Drop update. Key highlights include a new 'bubble bar' UI for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/android-17-launches-with-new-multitasking-tools-as-google-expands-gemini-features-k4zvcwtd2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features | daily.dev og:description: Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, landing first on Pixel devices alongside a Pixel Drop update. Key highlights include a new 'bubble bar' UI for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/android-17-launches-with-new-multitasking-tools-as-google-expands-gemini-features-k4zvcwtd2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/k4zVCwTd2.png og:image:alt: Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, landing first on Pixel devices alongside a Pixel Drop update. Key highlights include a new 'bubble bar' UI for multitasking, simultaneous selfie and screen recording for reaction videos, improved parental controls with PIN-based setup, and a foldable gaming mode. On the AI front, Gemini Omni enables in-conversation video editing, Lyria 3 allows music creation from text or images, and AudioLM brings speech-to-speech translation to Pixel 10a. Wear OS 7 adds emergency detection (crash, fall, pulse loss), Gemini-powered personalized widgets, live app mirroring from phones, and up to 10% battery life improvements. Android Quick Share also gains AirDrop compatibility with Apple devices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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