Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
Android 17 发布，带来全新多任务处理工具，Google 进一步扩展 Gemini 功能
Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system, as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7. The latest release, which arrives first on its own Pixel devices, is also accompanied by a Pixel Drop, bringing new features that include support for the latest AI models, like the music-generation model Lyria 3, the multimodal Gemini Omni, and speech-to-translation tools for the Pixel 10a with AudioLM.
Google 周二发布了 Android 17 操作系统的最终版本，以及其智能手表版本 Wear OS 7。此次最新版本率先在 Google 自家的 Pixel 设备上推出，并同步发布了 Pixel Drop 更新，带来了多项新功能，包括对最新 AI 模型的支持，如音乐生成模型 Lyria 3、多模态模型 Gemini Omni，以及为 Pixel 10a 提供的基于 AudioLM 的语音翻译工具。
The latest feature release underscores Google’s strategy of using its Android and Pixel devices to showcase its latest AI technology. While its rival Apple is focused on catching up in AI with September’s public launch of AI upgrades to Siri and iOS 27, Google’s Android 17 is focused on its newest AI models, Gemini’s role in creation, communication, and other device experiences.
此次功能更新凸显了 Google 的战略，即利用 Android 和 Pixel 设备来展示其最新的 AI 技术。虽然竞争对手 Apple 正专注于通过 9 月份发布的 Siri 和 iOS 27 AI 升级来追赶 AI 浪潮，但 Google 的 Android 17 则聚焦于其最新的 AI 模型，以及 Gemini 在创作、通信和其他设备体验中的作用。
In today’s Pixel Drop, Android Quick Share’s file-sharing feature will become compatible with Apple’s AirDrop on older Pixel 8a and 9a devices. Plus, Gemini Omni will now let you edit videos in a conversation, while Lyria 3 lets users create music tracks with text prompts and/or images in the Gemini app. Pixel 10a devices will also get better speech-to-translation tools with AudioLM.
在今天的 Pixel Drop 中，Android Quick Share 文件共享功能将在较旧的 Pixel 8a 和 9a 设备上实现与 Apple AirDrop 的兼容。此外，Gemini Omni 现在允许用户在对话中编辑视频，而 Lyria 3 则让用户能够在 Gemini 应用中通过文本提示和/或图像创作音乐曲目。Pixel 10a 设备还将通过 AudioLM 获得更出色的语音翻译工具。
Other phone features are arriving, too, such as the ability to record a personalized outgoing audio message for callers when you can’t answer. Plus, the “Take a Message” feature will arrive in more global markets. The Pixel Drop brings emergency detection features to the Google Pixel Watch as well, meaning that if the watch detects a car crash, fall, or lack of pulse, it will automatically contact emergency services and your selected emergency contacts.
手机端还迎来了一些其他功能，例如当您无法接听电话时，可以为来电者录制个性化的语音留言。此外，“代接留言”（Take a Message）功能将覆盖更多全球市场。此次 Pixel Drop 还为 Google Pixel Watch 带来了紧急检测功能，这意味着如果手表检测到车祸、跌倒或脉搏消失，它将自动联系紧急服务部门以及您预设的紧急联系人。
Beyond AI, Android 17’s larger update allows users to take advantage of features like a “bubble bar,” which is a new user interface element that lets you organize, move, and then quickly access recent apps that appear as bubbles at the bottom of your screen. The feature is designed to help speed up app interactions and aid in multi-app workflows.
除了 AI 之外，Android 17 的重大更新还允许用户使用“气泡栏”（bubble bar）等功能。这是一种全新的用户界面元素，让您可以整理、移动并快速访问以气泡形式出现在屏幕底部的最近应用。该功能旨在帮助加快应用交互速度，并辅助多应用工作流。
Social media users may like Android 17’s new feature that lets them record themselves with the selfie camera and phone screen simultaneously for screen reaction videos that can be shared on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and others.
社交媒体用户可能会喜欢 Android 17 的一项新功能：它允许用户同时使用自拍相机和手机屏幕进行录制，从而制作可分享至 TikTok、YouTube、Instagram 等平台的屏幕反应视频。
Parental controls and security features were also improved in this latest release, adding a “Mark as Lost” feature in Find Hub, Live Threat Detection, and other threat defenses, alongside screen time limits and content-filtering tools that can now be set with a PIN without linking a Google account. A new foldable gaming mode offers a 50/50 layout with a dynamic game pad.
最新版本还改进了家长控制和安全功能，在“查找中心”（Find Hub）中增加了“标记为丢失”（Mark as Lost）功能、实时威胁检测及其他防御措施。此外，屏幕使用时间和内容过滤工具现在无需关联 Google 账号，即可通过 PIN 码进行设置。全新的折叠屏游戏模式提供了 50/50 的布局以及动态游戏手柄。
Meanwhile, watch owners can now receive live updates from phone apps that mirror to the Pixel Watch. Smartwatches will also work better with Google’s upcoming AI glasses and other hardware, such as headphones. This summer, Wear OS will introduce more Gemini Intelligence features, like tools for making personalized widgets just by describing them, and it will be able to offer “Personal Intelligence” by connecting your Google apps and chat history with Gemini.
与此同时，手表用户现在可以接收从手机应用镜像到 Pixel Watch 的实时更新。智能手表还将与 Google 即将推出的 AI 眼镜及耳机等其他硬件实现更好的协同工作。今年夏天，Wear OS 将引入更多 Gemini 智能功能，例如只需通过描述即可制作个性化小部件的工具，并能通过将您的 Google 应用和聊天记录与 Gemini 连接，从而提供“个人智能”（Personal Intelligence）服务。
Battery life improvements — up to 10%, Google claims — as well as multistep automation will also arrive in the new Wear OS.
Google 声称，新版 Wear OS 的电池续航能力提升了高达 10%，并增加了多步自动化功能。