{
  "id": 6618999,
  "title": "Android Auto users say Google’s wavy media progress bar is gone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/android-auto-users-say-googles-wavy-media-progress-bar-is-gone",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-10T18:42:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/android-auto-wavy-progress-bar-bug-3710055/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Android Auto users are reporting a bug that has caused the wavy media progress bar used by Spotify to disappear when using the feature in full screen mode. This has left drivers who rely on the progress bar feeling confused and potentially frustrated. The squiggly line had previously been removed due to a bug, but Google had restored it and rolled out the update again. However, it now appears that another bug has partially taken the progress bar away once more.",
  "summary": "A bug is turning the wavy progress bar back into a boring straight line.",
  "key_points": [
    "Android Auto users report bug causing Spotify's wavy media progress bar to disappear",
    "Progress bar previously restored but now partially missing again",
    "Drivers using Android Auto feel confused and potentially frustrated"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "outlet": "Android Police",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/why-leaving-google-maps-for-a-simpler-android-app-fixed-my-daily",
        "published": "2026-09-10T16:00:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "Google details ADB Wi-Fi 2.0 for more reliable wireless Android debugging",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/google-details-adb-wi-fi-2-0-for-more-reliable-wireless-android",
        "published": "2026-09-10T16:40:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "5 Android phones you should buy instead of the Google Pixel 11 Pro",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/5-android-phones-you-should-buy-instead-of-the-google-pixel-11-pro",
        "published": "2026-09-11T10:30:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "This sideloaded Android Auto app transformed my car’s screen into a retro gaming arcade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/this-sideloaded-android-auto-app-transformed-my-cars-screen-into-a",
        "published": "2026-09-11T15:31:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}