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.

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

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 ...

Last month, Chrome on Android started rolling out more Material You for the New Tab Page (NTP), and that work continues with a carousel, as well as a key application of Dynamic Color on tablets.

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 ...