[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-android-17-adds-universal-bubbles-and-on-screen-reaction-recording":10,"sections":49},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":38,"tags":39,"sources":44,"feedback":48,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":48,"total_tokens":48},1516,"android-17-adds-universal-bubbles-and-on-screen-reaction-recording","Android 17 Extends Floating Windows to All Apps and Tightens Privacy","Eight features land on Pixel phones now, including floating windows for any app, selective contact sharing, and a gaming mode still weeks from working.","Android 17 is live on Pixel phones, and Google is calling it a major release.\n\nThe headliner is Bubbles: floating windows — previously limited to messaging apps — now work for any app on your phone. Long-press an icon and it becomes a moveable overlay hovering above whatever else you're doing; on larger Pixels, you can stash multiple bubbles in a side dock. Also new: Screen Reactions lets you film yourself and record your screen simultaneously, a concession to the reaction-video format that dominates social feeds. The update adds privacy controls too — temporary precise location access, selective contact sharing with apps, and stronger PIN brute-force protections — alongside per-app controls for Android's Expanded dark theme, app memory caps to curb resource hogs, and a separate volume slider for your assistant.\n\nThe privacy changes are the most substantive. Selective contact sharing and temporary location grants have been iOS defaults for years; Android 17 finally closes those gaps. The new app memory limits are a reasonable bet on long-term device health, though developers who built around higher memory budgets may hit problems before their updates arrive.\n\nOne asterisk: Foldable Gaming Mode — which puts gameplay on the top screen and turns the bottom into a virtual controller — is listed as enabled but won't actually function for \"the coming months,\" per Google. Announcing a feature before it ships is, at this point, a company tradition. 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