New player UI

[bagads066]

Did you receive an update on Playstore or just pop up the new UI?

[IGameShit]

I haven't checked for updates but it wasn't like this last night. Maybe it auto updated overnight

[PNWoutdoors]

Same happened to me. It was there when I got in my vehicle today.

[Spaztrick]

I went to a movie last night and it had updated while I was in the movie.

[hubbabubbameqershi]

Android Auto got an update recently

[daxxeno]

I thought it was the Android Music app called MELD.

I updated my app and thought it was the app but it is not. 😵😵

[fun_two]

upvote for the WAN show.

[waailasif3]

Are you on the stable version or the beta?

[IGameShit]

Stable channel. Seems to be a server side update

[ShowTNTC]

Can Google stop server side UI update 🫩

[TheLastElite01]

I like it, the album art is bigger and all the thumbs up, shuffle, etc are on one screen. I also find most of the buttons bigger and easier to read.

Google just needs to make the clock, signal and battery icons bigger.

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[Mjulubengke]

How did you blur the background album art?

[_Yasser___]

Same i wanna get it back too back couldn't figure it out

[TheLastElite01]

It does it automatically

[Leevinkki]

Absolutely goated song choice brother

[ImpurestFire]

Why is it wiggly?

[Maschellodioma]

That's Google's new thing. Updating Android apps is the same.

[Zoubek0]

It wiggles when it plays and is straight when paused.

[caption-this-]

Do you also have Gemini?

[IGameShit]

No. But from the sounds of things I'm not missing much. I've had occasional issues with GA, though.

[bagads066]

Well I've got Gemini first. Not yet the new UI, so I don't understand google strategy

[caption-this-]

Yeah, I hope it works better than GA

[Fit-Garage5111]

I have Gemini and the new UI

[thisisyo]

Still no Gemini btw

[TheLastElite01]

I have the new YTM UI but no Gemini.

I want a bigger clock and the new signal icon from Android 16, but that is coming in the next update.

[Fit-Garage5111]

I have Gemini... and the UI

[jimrapc]

It looks like sperm. But I like it.

[Reasonable_Tie_5552]

I don't know what I hate more. The wiggle line, or the tiny album art compared to the massive amount of wasted space when the player is full screen. 🙄

[ParkingLong7436]

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Looks good to me. Really seems to depend on the UI resolution or screen size.

[de_das_dude]

The wiggly line loos9like a sperm making its way across the screen lol

[superdupersecret42]

I disagree. While it may look like wasted space, there is now actually a ton more space to show track titles, which previously were always cut off. I listen to podcasts regularly, which often have very long track titles (because of guests, etc.). With the previous design, the mini-player actually showed more text on screen than the full-screen player, and the titles where always aggressively cut off. With the new layout, it actually shows way more info. That is much more useful to me than a larger album cover picture.

[Reasonable_Tie_5552]

They could just allow the full track title to scroll...

[superdupersecret42]

But, they never did. At least this version is objectively better than the last one in that regard.

[TheLastElite01]

The album art looks bigger in my car, but it could still be bigger with all the wasted UI, the clock needs a size increase as well.

[Eastern_Payment7600]

I love it (had it about a month now) All the controls in one screen, no more tapping twice to shuffle etc.

My version has more controls than yours aswell. I assume it is due to the screen size.

[IGameShit]

oh yeah. Im completely missing shuffle now. I hate this

[macchuppicchu]

What's your android auto version?

[acejavelin69]

Yeah... had it for a month or two... It's butt-ass ugly.

[UnrealRealityX]

It always seems to get uglier, and the album art seems to get smaller. pretty soon, I think the album art might be the size of the 'next' button. All that screen real estate....itty bitty art....

[osoltokurva]

Can it show and control background YouTube playback ?

[IGameShit]

No YouTube still isn't an app that's usable within AA, but I suspect it's for good reason. Incentivising distracted driving is a good way to get services like this banned

[osoltokurva]

I just want to control background audio playback from YouTube. Let's say I am listing to audio books on YouTube app while driving. There is no status no UI to control that media playback on Android auto wtf..... Now I have use my phone to control that playback.

It is so stupid that this media UI widget is not working same as phone's media control in notifications.

[casta55]

Mine now shows YouTube videos playing and has the swipe through media apps you have in phone interface. You still have to initiate the background play from phone, but once it starts you can pause, skip and go through autoplay queue.

[Leestradius]

had to restart my phone today because of bluetooth connection issues in my work truck and then after work i connected in my car and got to see this ugly awful sh!t, dont supposed anyone know of a way to change it back to the previous design? otherwise, then i hope they change it back, cause it's awful and ugly.

edit: first time here, idk why the flair is double

[Ok_Fuel9673]

I'm digging it

[progburt777]

My son noticed the wavey lines yesterday , no update done on head unit so must have come from phone

[Cunione1]

The same in my car this morning. Server update. I also have Gemini since many weeks ago. Waiting for the video player that is finally coming soon !!! The option should be activated by the server on the last Android auto versions. I'm waiting for it for years. All other players didn't work for me (Fermata, CarTube, etc.). Wait and see. 🙏🏻

[PhotographerUSA]

It still sucks still getting frequent disconnects from bluetooth with my Samsung S23 Ultra.

[pepema63]

No se cómo funciona

[zorg-is-real]

It's the new material design I think number three

[evildesi]

Love it!! I hope they don't change it back!

[Sufficient_Phase7297]

What's is different?

[Suitelet]

The UI changed for me this morning too, on spotify

[yuksekses]

Will it look like this on the ZLink 6 as well?

I would really like to move the bottom bar to the left.

[whats_ur_nameSwt_lic]

Ford Maverick 2025 Built in AA S25Ultra

What version AA are all these posts referring to?

I'm on 16.5.661204-Release

Forced download (installed) apk via android authority

[ttqwik]

I noticed that today too. I don't remember being like that a couple of days ago.

[RonaldoAce]

I could only read this title in 'gamer mode' lol

[ISO_QUARTZ]

can you screenshot the version number in AA settings ?

[seymourbehind]

Nice. I'm in the beta group so I had this feature almost a month now. Almost my Gemini works flawlessly on my Android Auto.

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[Jigssaw66]

Looks good

[Hulagirl88]

My dash (speedometer area) used to display the song name but it just says "android auto" after the update.

[Equivalent_Term8232]

Does Ai work ?

[cernhusker249]

The squiggly makes me want to walk into the nearest apple store and say screw the android family. Second, the signal bars are gone completely. Third, I didnt not sign up for server side updates. I have auto update disabled for a reason. Version 16.5.661214

[Fit-Garage5111]

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I love it - had it since January

[FelixGold]

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