Android Auto continues with the news, even in the last days of the year. The large number of updates released in the last year are beginning to bear fruit, and some of the new features that were implemented are beginning to be activated little by little in users’ cars.
The latest version of Android Auto released so far, 13.4, seems to be responsible for activating these new features and revisions. We already saw how the Android Auto interface has changed with the arrival of this version, adopting the Material You style, but that is not the only visual change that some users are encountering. Some of the apps that come by default in Android Auto are also evolving.
As they have discovered in 9to5Googlethe music player has received a complete redesign, making it more modern and changing some elements of the site interface.
Like all changes, it will be received with joy and anger by users, especially since there are some functions that seem to have disappeared or changed places, and you will have to get used to using them this way.
All elements of the player interface have changed positions. The album cover, for example, is now positioned further to the left and smaller; and the resulting space has now been taken up by the play bar, with the song data such as title, artist and playing time taking up the remaining space. In the previous design, the bar occupied the space below the album and song data.
New Android Auto music player design
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The new design seems better suited to horizontal screens, while on squarer screens it will probably feel like there’s more empty space. However, as we have already said, it is all a matter of adaptation, and it is likely that the new interface may change depending on the size and proportion of the screen.
Let’s remember that, in Android Auto, all music playback apps use the same interface. Therefore, this is what Spotify, YouTube Music look like nowand the rest of the music apps available on Android Auto.
The standard design eliminates the learning period necessary for each app, because they all work the same; That way, the driver is not distracted learning the interface of each app and can simply play the music they want. Let’s remember that Android Auto will soon gain the functionality of playing the radio, so this change may have been made to adapt to that.
