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TL;DR
- Android Auto is testing a redesigned dashboard media card with centered album art and a blurred background.
- The new layout can add extra controls, such as like, shuffle, and repeat, depending on the music app.
- Whether these additional buttons appear depends on the head unit’s display.
Google announced a broad Android Auto makeover at I/O 2026, and some of those changes are now beginning to reach drivers. For example, just today we saw that Google Maps’ new Immersive Navigation interface appears to be slowly rolling out, bringing 3D buildings and clearer road features to the dashboard. We’ve now found another visual update that wasn’t clearly shown in Google’s I/O announcement materials: a redesigned media card for the Android Auto dashboard.
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