{"slug": "android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today", "title": "Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today", "summary": "Android 17 begins rolling out to Pixel phones and watches today, featuring post-quantum APK signing but lacking developer tools for implementation. Users express concerns about deep AI integration and potential removal options.", "body_md": "Is Android 17 the Aluminium OS many people have been waiting for? If so, I don’t know what I’ll do. Isn’t it extremely integrated with AI? Is there a way to disconnect the two or remove the AI in any way? What did GrapheneOS do?\n\n[jonah](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/jonah)\n(Jonah Aragon)\n4\nI guess you will have to find out tomorrow. I am excited for [post-quantum APK signing](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/03/26/android-17-is-getting-a-post-quantum-cryptography-upgrade/) in Android 17, but they have not released the tools for developers to actually do it yet.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today/38580#post_4", "published_at": "2026-06-16 21:25:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-16 22:06:20.137991+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Google", "Pixel", "GrapheneOS", "Android"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/android-17-starts-hitting-pixel-phones-and-watches-today.jsonld"}}