{"id":11678,"date":"2026-06-19T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/android-17s-best-new-features-explained-whats-new-in-android-17\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:32:13","slug":"android-17s-best-new-features-explained-whats-new-in-android-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/android-17s-best-new-features-explained-whats-new-in-android-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 17&#8217;s Best New Features, Explained &#8211; What&#8217;s New in Android 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Moren of Six Colors is in this week for Tech News Weekly with Mikah Sargent. Apple will likely raise <!--more--> the prices of its products in the future. Roku is being bought by Fox. Android 17 arrives for your smartphone! And could your devices come pre-installed with backdoor software?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dan talks about an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Wall Street Journal and how it&#8217;s unavoidable that the company will have to raise the price on its devices in the future due to memory chip costs fueled by AI demand.<br \/>\n\u2022 Mikah laments the potential acquisition of Roku by Fox in a $22 billion cash-and-stock deal.<br \/>\n\u2022 Patrick Holland of CNET joins the show to talk about Android 17 and the new features within the operating system.<br \/>\n\u2022 And Mikah shares an investigation by the Wall Street Journal on how many cheap smart home devices have been secretly hijacked by a Chinese company to create a massive residential proxy network used by state-backed hackers from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren<br \/>\nGuest: Patrick Holland<br \/>\nTech News Weekly Episode 442<br \/>\nMore Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/442<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsors:<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/Melissa.com\/twit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/Melissa.com\/twit<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/threatlocker.com\/twit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/threatlocker.com\/twit<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Simply CX<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/outsystems.com\/twit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/outsystems.com\/twit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!<br \/>\nSupport what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. 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