Not only has the car interface changed with the latest updates, but the phone app is also ready to finally receive the new Material You design. For now hidden in the code, with the renewal Android Auto settings are more modern, access to basic settings is easier and the app fits better into the aesthetics of Android 12 and Android 13.
Android Auto has been in the news for more than a week due to the final activation of Coolwalk, the car interface that has been in testing for a few years. Said moment of activation is progressive since only affects users who have successfully entered the beta
Android Auto settings get the hardware you
Above, classic Android Auto design; below design with your material
As happened with Coolwalk, the facelift Google applied to Android Auto settings can only be seen by activation using ROOT access. This novelty concerns the mobile application, not the vehicle console
Android Auto settings on the phone adapt the style of Material You remove header image offer a cleaner look to the package, clearer buttons and a color theme that adapts to the user’s choice; ei ther through the wallpaper or selected manually. The result is cool and integrates with the rest of the apps that already use Material You on Android 12 and 13.
As can be seen in the screenshots we took of our Android Auto 8.6 beta (the Material You design is also hidden in Android Auto 8.5), the differences between this interface and the “old” one are notorious. Of course, without an improvement being appreciated in terms of functionality, since the settings and options remain the same.
Android Auto changes according to the chosen theme color
The interface with Material You for the phone is hidden and can only be activated through activities. It will surely arrive in future versions of Android Auto: as is often the case with this Google app, you will have to wait.
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