Use the links below to check out the latest new and updated content.
Component updates – Published April 13, 2021
App bar & header: Updates to component description, including new customization information
Dialogs: Updates to component description, including new customization information
Toasts: Description of the component used for toast messages from apps, including specs and customization information
Android Auto app updates – Published February 8, 2021 and updated March 1, 2021
Navigation, parking & charging apps: Overview of templates that developers can use to create apps in these categories, with downloadable design guidance
Component updates – Published January 13, 2021
Buttons: Updates to component description, including new customization information
Media progress indicator: Description of the progress indicator used in the media template, including specs and customization information
Overall site redesign – Launched September 28, 2020
This redesign combines previously separate design sites for Android Auto, Android Automotive OS (AAOS), and Google Automotive Services (GAS) in one place, with new section overviews and a few new sections. Key new content includes:
Android for Cars: Descriptions of Android Auto, AAOS, and GAS, with links to related design and technical documentation
Google Design for Driving: Overview of design content on the redesigned site
Style foundations: Style-related similarities and differences between Android Auto and AAOS
Partner roles: How Google works with car makers and app developers to create the AAOS experience
Car-maker branding: How car makers can customize UIs built on AAOS to reflect their brand
AAOS Dialer updates – Published August 21, 2020
Receiving calls: Updated to reference the conference call feature
Managing calls: Updated to describe managing conference calls
Android Auto media updates – Published August 3, 2020
Media apps: Updated descriptions of the browsing and playback views, as well as the queue
AAOS/GAS media updates – Published June 18, 2020
Playing media: New information on accessing and viewing the queue
Customize playback control / Queue guidelines: App developer guidelines for implementing a queue
Android Auto system UI updates – Published June 5, 2020
System UI: Descriptions of the app launcher, nav bar, status bar, notifications, and widgets