Google seems to be including Materials You accent colours to Android Auto, with some colourful accents displaying up within the newest updates.
Android Auto 13.4 is now rolling out to all customers and, whereas there’s not a lot to see behind the scenes, there’s a notable user-facing change. Google has launched Materials You to Android Auto, with new colourful accents displaying up all through the UI to match what’s in your cellphone.
Or, no less than that’s beginning to occur.
Whereas utilizing Android Auto 13.4 on a Pixel 9 Professional Fold, we seen that Google has utilized accent colours to system components together with buttons, toggles, and the background colours of playing cards and menus. This already existed a really restricted capability inside music apps, which change their UI elements to match album art, however this alteration works all through the system itself. It doesn’t appear to use to apps on Android Auto.
Notable locations the place you possibly can see the altered colours embrace within the Settings menu, in notifications, and within the notification middle. You will need to have the setting for matching your cellphone’s wallpaper turned on to see the colours.
From what we are able to inform, this isn’t “completed.” The colours are inconsistent to vary if you replace the colours in your cellphone, generally solely altering should you drive cease the Android Auto app and reconnect, or not altering in any respect.
Presumably, Google will probably be making additional updates over time.
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