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TL;DR
- Google is testing a revised media participant structure for Android Auto that strikes the Play/Pause button.
- The Play/Pause button now has a bigger background space and swaps placement with the Earlier button.
- These modifications have an effect on a number of apps however are solely seen on the house display screen card UI, not full app views.
Google not too long ago confirmed off Gemini for Android Auto, giving us a glimpse of the platform’s much-anticipated improve. Past this, we all know Google can also be engaged on main Android Auto options like a local weather management UI and even a mild theme. Alongside these, Google can also be experimenting with smaller modifications, comparable to shifting across the media playback buttons, which has left us scratching our heads just a little.
An APK teardown helps predict options which will arrive on a service sooner or later primarily based on work-in-progress code. Nonetheless, it’s potential that such predicted options could not make it to a public launch.
Android Auto v14.4.152004 is testing out a tweaked media participant UI. Conventionally, the media participant UI has the buttons positioned within the order of Rewind/Earlier, Play/Pause, and Ahead/Subsequent, nearly following a “previous, current, and future” timeline. This structure is adopted by most media participant apps in your telephone, and they’re mirrored in the identical approach onto your automotive’s head unit with Android Auto, too. You may see this standard media participant button structure within the Android Auto screenshots beneath:
Nonetheless, Android Auto is experimenting with the structure by swapping positions for the Play/Pause button with the Rewind/Earlier button. The Play/Pause button additionally has a bigger background fill. You may see the revised structure within the screenshots beneath:
Nonetheless, this isn’t a Spotify tweak because it extends throughout media participant apps. You may see the revised structure within the YouTube Music and JioSaavn apps on Android Auto within the screenshots beneath:
What’s the purpose of the change, you ask? Your guess can be pretty much as good as ours.
The swapped place might theoretically make hitting the Play/Pause button simpler when driving, which is our greatest guess. The bigger background fill for the button additionally makes it an even bigger goal to the touch. When reaching for the Play/Pause button, you possibly can by accident hit just one different button (the Earlier button on the proper) within the revised structure. In distinction, the present design has room for error in both route.
Nonetheless, these arguments weigh in opposition to muscle reminiscence, and it’s far more essential to respect it whereas driving.
It’s price noting that the modified structure solely impacts the cardboard UI on the Android Auto house display screen. You may faucet the cardboard to open the complete app with the common media playback controls.
Which media participant button structure do you like in Android Auto?
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The revised media participant button structure isn’t presently rolling out to customers. We’ll hold you up to date once we study extra.
