Android Auto finally gets the stuff you design

Finally, the material you Redesign up to Android Auto Application. New styling settings are now available with the latest Android Auto v8.6 beta. according to Google Telegram news channel, the new Android Auto redesign material is not widely available. Moreover, not many will be able to see the changes because the beta channel is currently full.

So, the first thing is that you need to sign up for the Android Auto beta program, and secondly, it looks like this feature is enabled through hidden flags or something thrown up on the server side.

You can see the large scrollable headers and the circular button for the Connect Car option. There are new toggles that are part of Material Design 3, and it also features a new dark mode. You’ll also notice that the old header image is now gone, and the Settings menu is now clean. Overall, the new design provides a more modern experience, similar to what other Google apps offer to its users.

All options are well organized and grouped together to make it easy to navigate. While Android Auto’s Settings menu isn’t something you’ll visit often, when you do, it looks old and outdated. Thanks to the new changes, it looks cleaner and fresher.

The changes were first reported in Android Auto beta 8.5, but are now fully functional in v8.6 beta. This means that it could arrive in the next stable update, but there is no confirmation about that. It’s nice to see that The GoogleFinally, pay attention to the Android Auto app, which has had almost the same design since 2020.