Overview
- Honor, which announced Tuesday that the Magic8 Pro supports Android 17 Beta 3, is offering one of the first non-Pixel phones for developer testing.
- Beta 3 locks Android 17’s APIs, so developers can finish testing and publish Play Store builds, with Google targeting a June stable release and Honor yet to share a Magic8 Pro rollout date.
- Multitasking gets a lift with system-wide Bubbles that let any app run in a floating window that users can minimize and reopen from anywhere on the screen.
- Camera apps gain RAW14 support for 14‑bit image data, which lets third‑party tools tap the Magic8 Pro’s AiMAGE system and 200MP telephoto for better dynamic range and color.
- Privacy and security tighten with session‑only precise location, blocked local network access by default, a redesigned screen recorder, and new defenses that prepare Android for post‑quantum cryptography.