Google Maps for Android Automotive will stop clashing with your vehicle's UI

Polestar gives Google Maps a makeover

After what feels like an eternity of digital discord, Google Maps is finally learning to play nice with your car's own unique style, starting with Polestar's electric vehicles. For years, drivers have lived with a peculiar quirk in their increasingly digital dashboards: while automakers pour resources into crafting a unique look and feel for their operating systems, the apps running on them often stick out like a sore thumb, sporting their own g…

Google Maps for Android Automotive will stop clashing with your vehicle's UI

Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google Maps for Android Automotive is getting customized design elements. This new ability will allow the UI in Maps to match the UI of the native OS. Polestar announced that this feature would roll out to its cars in the coming weeks. While plenty of vehicles have Android Automotive installed, you won’t find two brands with the exact same OS aesthetic. This is because Google lets car makers customize th…