I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

From Spotify to local files.

Google first started rolling out a redesigned media player on Android Auto earlier this year with a squiggly Material 3 Expressive look, but it’s been slow to reach everyone. As of this week, though, ...

Gemini is at the heart of Android Auto now — combine that with a new media player UI, and it's pretty useful.

The "YouTube on Android Auto" drama is about to come to an end, as Google has just confirmed that it has unlocked video apps on Android Auto. We've known for a while that this was bound to happen, as ...

Watching YouTube in the car has so far been banned for an obvious reason. Keeping your eyes on anything else but the road can be dangerous, and if you believe you can refrain from looking at the ...

Google is widely rolling out the new Media Playback template for Android Auto, bringing a consistent UI to music player apps like Spotify and YouTube Music. The update features a wavy progress bar and ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Google is working to expand video support for Android Auto and Automotive interfaces. An early-access Android Automotive feature ...

RockPlayer was one of the first media players for Android to support a wide range of video codecs by incorporating the open source FFmpeg software. There’s a free, ad-supported version of RockPlayer ...

A new change in Android Auto is in development, with the buttons for the media player potentially being shuffled around which could impact muscle memory. Typically with media players, buttons are laid ...