Google has always been waiting for the news of Android Auto. The new interface has been a promise for some time, but it took a while to arrive. It was due to take place in August, and it ended up withdrawing for several months without any news.
This is now changing drastically, with a novelty being provided to users of this Google feature. It’s still only in beta, but the new interface is finally coming to Android Auto and cars.
Lots of news from Google
At Google's latest I/O conference, the search giant presented what will be the new Android Auto interface. This completely changes from the previous, and now acquires the familiar elements of Material You, the design language created for Android and other products.
After all these months without any news from Google, here is a new release that brings many important news. With the latest beta software update, a very significant change has been made to the interface, albeit limited to some users.
What changes in Android Auto
As we have already seen, it divides the screen into several zones, allowing the driver and other passengers to access more useful information. Google has detailed the improvements that this beta version brings so it can be used.
- Your map will now be closer to the connector in the new panel with improved size/accessibility.
- The board's media card has a completely new look and feel and is now dynamically growing and shrinking.
- You can now have the map fill the entire Android Auto area, giving users more options for choosing layouts on large screens.
- There's a new app dock in the ribbon for easy one-click switching between recent apps.
- More parts of the system have been updated to support Material You, modern components, and interface layouts.
- The Google Assistant's music and media recommendations can now be accessed with a tap of the dashboard media card.
- The old status icons and notification center bell have been transformed into a touch-friendly area of ββthe screen that includes the number of unread messages.
As we said before, these new features are still limited to the latest beta version released. Even within this, only a few users have actually received the new one, being a decision on the part of Google to access these changes in the Android Auto interface.
All-new interface
Since this is just a new feature in the beta version, it is important that users are registered in this programπ§π· From what can be seen, the available places are already full, there are no more vacancies at the moment. There is a possibility that the apk file is manually installedThis opens the door for the start of the tests.
Anyone who has installed this version (8.5.1245 beta) can try to force the access of the new interface in a simple way. It's not guaranteed to work in all cases, but there are reports that by getting rid of the Android Auto app's cache or even its own data, this forces Google to activate the new on its part.
This is an important step for Android Auto and Google. Taking into account this new version of the interface, it completely changes the way it is used, making it more useful and user-friendly.
Now that it's in the tests, although limited, everything indicates that very soon everyone will have access to this change and all its news.
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