Android fans will have noticed that Google seems quite fond of wavy progress bars these days. They’re part of the company’s wider Material 3 Expressive Design, and you can find them across Google apps and interfaces – including Android Auto. But as we’ve seen the squiggly design make its way into more places, we have less of an idea of what users actually think of it. Until now, that is.
Last month, Android Auto’s wavy progress bar mysteriously returned to a straight line for some users, at least when playing music through Spotify in full-screen mode. It wasn’t the first time the feature disappeared, but it gave us a good excuse to ask readers if they actually like the wavy design or prefer the classic straight line. Apparently a little squiggle can inspire quite a bit of interest, with more than 1,300 readers voting and some surprisingly strong opinions in the comments.