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Android devices include a developer options menu, accessible after tapping the Build Number field seven times in Settings > About, that lets users adjust animation speeds. Within this menu, setting the Window animation scale, Transition animation scale and Animator duration scale to 0.5x makes system animations play twice as fast, a feature that has existed since Android 4.0.
Android 17 QPR1, rolling out to Pixel devices, reportedly changes how the OS exposes developer and USB debugging status to installed apps. This means apps can no longer easily detect that a device has developer options or debugging enabled, a check many banking and finance apps use to block access.
Android Authority highlights an open-source fork of the popular Shizuku app that solves its most persistent problem — failing to stay active in the background and not restarting after a device reboot. Because Shizuku grants other apps access to restricted system APIs, its instability has long forced users to manually relaunch it, breaking tools like uninstallers and adaptive theme switchers. The fork, built by developers working from Shizuku's GitHub repository, adds automatic recovery so dependent apps keep working without manual intervention.