TL;DR
- An Android Auto APK teardown reveals a potential option to remember a preferred phone number for contacts with multiple numbers.
- Google is also testing a Material 3 Expressive redesign of the Phone app’s dial pad, while development of the Cielo interface continues.
- These changes aren’t publicly available yet, and Google hasn’t confirmed whether or when it’ll roll them out.
“Call John.” Simple enough, right? Not quite, when John has three phone numbers saved under his name and Android Auto insists on asking which one you want every time. Even Gemini can’t spare you that extra decision. Fortunately, Google appears to be working on ways to make those conversations less repetitive, along with some welcome visual changes to Android Auto.
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