Android O’s third developer preview has just landed, and we’re already spotting some pretty cool changes. Among the first we spotted is color-coding for rich media notifications, meaning that these notifications will be themed based on album art / video thumbnails.
It appears that Google is using pastel/muted colors (I’m not an artist, so excuse me if this isn’t the correct terminology) to produce these notifications. This is probably to ensure that while the notifications are easier on the eyes, less boring, and more immediately identifiable, they’re still not overly shouty.
Android O feature spotlight: Ongoing media notifications are now colored based on album art / thumbnails was written by the awesome team at Android Police.