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- Google recently refreshed the Android Auto interface using Material You to match colors with your phone’s wallpaper.
- As part of the changes, the music player interface now uses wallpaper colors instead of album art and has smaller album art.
- Some users find the new design bland and unbalanced, compared to the previous dynamic album art backgrounds.
Just last week, Google updated Android Auto’s head unit interface with Material You, letting your car’s display match the wallpaper on your Android phone. While the move is generally positive, especially for an interface that barely sees any wholesale UI refreshes, some users are strongly disliking the change.
Reddit user Adil15101 highlighted that in Android Auto’s new and updated interface, music player interfaces now adopt the color from your wallpaper instead of the album art. The update also slightly refreshes the music player interface, with the seekbar now positioned right next to the even-smaller album art, giving us a lot more blank space in certain parts of the interface.