Android 17 proves that Android updates have lost their magic

I have been covering Android for so long that I remember the days when each OS update, year after year, brought so many fundamental changes that I was eager to try them all. I particularly remember when Material Design was first rolled out, and I was literally refreshing the updates page just to see the new design firsthand. The same was true when Android adopted gesture navigation following the iPhone X release, completely changing how we interacted with Android compared to the traditional thre