Google began its roll out of the “Coolwalk” Android Auto redesign earlier this year which brought a split-screen view to users’ dashboards. Unfortunately, with that rollout Android Auto lost the always helpful weather widget on smaller displays, but newly found source code reveals it may be coming back.
The weather card or widget was part of older versions of Android Auto but has since then been re-added and then removed again, but only on displays that didn’t meet a certain resolution criteria. This left those of us with standard-sized head units at a disadvantage, as the icon would only show on displays with more vertical space.
However, according to the code found that corresponds to a new inactive flag, Google is looking to enable the weather card on all screen sizes. Since force enabling the flag doesn’t yet yield any results, it is unknown if this widget will be reduced in size to accommodate for the smaller real estate.
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Google has not yet officially announced when or if the weather icon will be brought back to Android Auto’s Coolwalk redesign. However, the fact that Google is considering doing so is a positive sign for users who miss being able to see or listen to the weather at a glance while driving.
