Preview app lock, display screen recording, and different Android 17 adjustments

Android 17 is about to ship numerous adjustments to our favourite cellular working system, not simply when it comes to new performance, but in addition with updates to the appear and feel of present methods. We simply introduced you a have a look at a few of its new translucency results just a few hours in the past, and now we’ve bought a handful of extra pictures to share, highlighting much more adjustments as a consequence of arrive with Android’s subsequent main launch.

The imagery we’re taking a look at right here involves us from Telegram consumer RKBDI, who experiences that they’re working an inner OEM AOSP construct. And whereas we’re seeing it establish as Baklava in just a few screens, this code clearly contains some upcoming additions. Let’s begin with some extra of that see-through quantity bar motion, doing its finest Liquid Glass impression:

However we’re not simply right here to rehash what we’ve checked out earlier than — we’re additionally getting an early have a look at some new Android 17 instruments that we haven’t seen a lot of in motion but. We’re anticipating Android 17 to introduce a fast technique to prohibit entry to particular apps — an app lock. Right here, we see the choice for locking an app after long-pressing on its icon, in addition to a display screen lock message acknowledging its function in app locking:

Whereas we’re nonetheless working to place collectively the entire image on app locking, we not too long ago uncovered some textual content strings that hinted at how notifications could be supported with the characteristic engaged.

Right here’s one other new one we’ve had a partial have a look at earlier than, however by no means fairly on this kind. Keep in mind, again final fall, after we introduced you a preview of the adjustments that have been within the works for Android display screen recording? On the time, the brand new interface we uncovered seemed prefer it was being developed for Android’s largest screens: tablets and exterior displays. Nicely, right here we’ve bought that very same new UI, however showing on a cellphone:

Now, it’s in all probability untimely to say how a lot of this we’d anticipate to trace on to Google’s official Android 17 testing releases, when these begin being made accessible later this 12 months. However even for an AOSP-based preview, it’s cool to see how a few of these new additions and updates may be coming collectively.