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Along with this change, a card dedicated to the current weather was removed. There's still a screen for notifications, but it's likely to go unnoticed. The key changes can really be summarized by saying that the old Feed-style UI was removed and the method for switching apps was replaced by a more traditional app drawer. WeatherĮarlier this year, Google began rolling out a new UI for Android Auto that left it feeling both substantially different, while also largely the same. Thank you, Auto team, this was my big must-have feature, so I'm actually pretty content for a while - at least once I can use it on my non-rooted primary phone. However, it clearly works, so we may see it going live at any time, with or without further updates. None of the people I could ask were able to see this setting, so it appears Google hasn't started rolling it out to users yet. There's no need for scrolling and apps that alphabetically land at the bottom of the list are easily reachable.Īt this time, I had to override some settings to make this option appear. The screenshots above show the difference after hiding almost every app. Right: almost all apps hidden.Īs noted in the previous teardown, it's currently necessary to re-launch Android Auto (unplug and reconnect it) for the changes to take effect. In the screenshot below, you can see a faint message saying, "App launcher customization opened on phone." The first method involves opening the launcher on your car's screen and long-pressing on an app. There will be two ways to access the interface for customizing the launcher. I was able to get it working, so here's what we can expect based on its current state. As of v4.8, this functionality appears to be fully operational, albeit not actually rolling out to users quite yet. App drawer managementīack in v4.7, it became clear that the Auto team had been working on an interface to remove unwanted apps from the drawer, making it easier to narrow down your list to just those that are wanted so other installed apps won't take up space. All screenshots and images are real unless otherwise stated, and images are only altered to remove personal information. Unless stated otherwise, don't expect to see these features if you install the apk. The features discussed below are probably not live yet, or may only be live for a small percentage of users. Much like rumors, nothing is certain until it's officially announced and released.

Even when predictions are correct, there is always a chance that products could change or may be canceled. It's possible that the guesses made here are wrong or inaccurate. Disclaimer: Teardowns are based on evidence found inside of apks (Android's application package) and are necessarily speculative and usually based on incomplete information.