If you’ve been waiting patiently for Google to release its much-anticipated ‘Coolwalk’ update to Android Auto, then we don’t blame you if that patience is starting to wear thin.
Google announced the major visual overhaul to its car infotainment system back in May and said the upgrade would be rolled out to Android users by the end of the summer. With autumn almost here, it’s increasingly looking like Google will miss this deadline.
To further complicate things, the update, which uses the internal codename of Coolkwalk, is available to Android users who root their device, but is yet to roll out to the general public.
The latest of these small tweaks is to how music is displayed on the new, multi-window home screen. Where before the currently playing music track would be shown, with its name, artist and album art, in a grey box, the entire box now uses album art as its background. It’s a more colourful and attractive look that was first spotted by Reddit users streaming music from Spotify.
In fact, we suspect the infotainment revamp will land in the wake of Google’s next product launch event, which takes place on 6 October and is where the Pixel Watch will arrive, along with the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones, and new smart home products from Nest.
