Android 17 gets a smarter media switcher, and it already feels better than the old carousel

Android 17 will change the old carousel layout to a new design for switching the media player on the lock screen and in the notifications shade.
Android

Android 17 Tests a Brand-New Way to Switch Your Music Apps: Goodbye to the Carousel?

Google introduced a redesigned media player interface in the newly released Android 17 QPR1 Beta 3. The layout replaces the traditional swipeable carousel with a new Material 3 card design on the lock ...
9to5Google

Android 17’s media player carousel gets a card-based redesign in QPR1 Beta 3

There are few elements more essential within Android than the humble media player, and every few years, Google sees ...
Android Authority

Samsung ditches its lock screen widget carousel in One UI 7

Samsung is seemingly removing the lock screen widget carousel in One UI 7. In One UI 6 and earlier, you were able to tap the clock on the lock screen to show a vertically scrolling list of widgets.
Android Police

The Google Drive file picker on Android is getting a carousel makeover

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Android Police

This UI tweak could bring a dynamic feel to Files by Google's Recents view

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...