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The car friendly UI is, in general, pretty simple and readable at a glance.

Unfortunately, a new update to Android Auto is annoying some drivers with a new centered arrow review.

Android Auto refreshed UI example

The search bar/destination box is quite large but until now has been right-aligned.

Based on their image, it is annoying.

That said, the menu can be collapsed to restore some visibility.

Google Maps on Android Auto after an update with centered map and destination box

In general, the destinations box probably needs to be transparent or permanently hideable.

I do wonder if display size is part of the problem here.

Steelbreeze9 noted that their vehicle is a Hyundai Kona from 2019, which features a 7-inch touchscreen display.

Arrow

In the smaller boxed view, it goes away completely.

Assuming other people are having this issue, Google needs to update the Maps design.

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