r/google • u/Antmanishere • 16h ago

Android Auto gets New Logo, Gemini Spark Agent, Energy Profiles, and more

https://www.androidsage.com/2026/09/01/android-auto-17-6-update-new-logo-gemini-spark/
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u/VentsiBeast 15h ago

White element on white background. Brilliant.

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u/pinkjoggingsuit 13h ago

It's an honored tradition from this trillion dollar company to have exceptionally shitty icons. 👌

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u/VentsiBeast 11h ago

I seriously can't believe a bunch of highly paid people in a very expensive meeting room saw that and were like "yeah that's fine".

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u/Hipstershy 13h ago

"you know how Gemini integration means your hands free commands don't work anymore? What if we made it worse?"

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u/manbearpig073 7h ago

Bruh, I hate this whole "everything has to be AI" push from all these companies. It's making everything crap.

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u/guymn999 8h ago

The fact that I can play YouTube videos and control the volume in Android auto makes this the best update I've seen

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u/RAIDguy 8h ago

They better not break my Android Auto with AIcore disabled.