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Android 17 Beta 4 finally reveals Google’s new Easter egg

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Why This Matters

The unveiling of Android 17 Beta 4's Easter egg highlights Google's ongoing tradition of hidden features that engage tech enthusiasts and add a layer of fun to Android updates. This discovery not only showcases Google's playful approach to software development but also enhances user interaction with the latest Android versions.

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TL;DR Every new Android release we look forward to a new, hidden Easter egg.

With today’s release of Android 17 Beta 4, Google’s latest one is finally available.

This finally complete the slowly evolving logo we’ve been tracking across past Betas.

Android 17 Beta 4 is now here, and this is Google’s last schedule beta this development cycle. Since we already hit platform stability in Beta 3, there’s not much to look for on the feature front, but we have maybe something even better: Google’s latest Android Easter egg!

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Over the last several Beta releases, we saw Google subtly changing the Android 17 logo, adding more and more of a swirl to that planetary design. We already showed you how that was going to end up, but now it’s finally official.

Like past Easter eggs, you access this one by going into Settings > About phone, finding Android Version, and then tapping away on the version number.

Once you’re in, you’ll have to connect the stars to get Android 17’s logo to appear. Just making a big circle is obviously your easiest option there (despite our failed first attempt above). But it turns out that’s not your only option, and you can go about connecting them any way you like:

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