*Android Auto gets a refreshed design 👍 with improved controls & new backgrounds❗*

Android Auto has a great design which screams Material Design, but it hasn't really changed much since its debut. Recently, though, Google seems to have quietly introduced some subtle changes to Android Auto's interface.

First, there are some slight changes to the main screen. Navigation and cards and still the same, but the background has changed to a gradient color which looks good and isn’t as busy as what was available before. The home button is also slightly bigger with a more prominent ring now.

Some of the biggest changes in this update, seem to appear within the music interface. Here, information regarding the tracks, albums, artists, etc is all moved to the center of the display. There’s also a slightly different font.

Further, tapping on the expanded “options” menu no longer removes the play/pause and track controls. Rather, the menu simply expands upward to give you options such as shuffle and whatever else is enabled by that specific media application.