By Abner Li
Publication Date: 2026-03-26 20:00:00
Exactly four weeks after the last release, Google is rolling out Android 17 Beta 3 for Pixel devices. This update features the Platform Stability milestone.
Here’s everything new in Android 17 Beta 3 [Gallery]
Platform Stability offers “final internal and external APIs, final app-facing behaviors, and final non-SDK API lists.”
After Platform Stability, you can expect no further changes affecting your apps. This is the time to begin final testing and development work needed to ensure that a compatible version of your app will be ready for users at the final release to the ecosystem. For major releases, Android will provide a standard API level at this time.
Bubbles for any app are “now fully enabled” in Beta 3
Redesigned screen recording toolbar
Hidden app labels on the home screen
Android now provides a user setting to hide app names (labels) on the home screen…
