Android Auto is more of an alternate solution to control an Android phone via Google Assistant while you’re driving. You can control features like navigation, maps, calls, text messages, and music.
Initially, you need to plug a USB cable into your vehicle’s USB port and plug the other end of the cable into your Android phone in order to connect it to Android Auto.
It is very convenient for users as they don’t have to glance at their phones to do various activities (calling, music) and can instead focus on driving.
Android Auto bug preventing phones from pairing
But lately, many Android Auto users are facing an issue (1, 2, 3) where a bug is preventing phones from pairing.
When one connects their phone with a USB, Android Connect is displayed on the car screen. After tapping it, it prompts them to connect via the phone, which indicates that Android Auto is available.
However, when you tap on the update button, the app instead closes and a message that says ‘reconnect the Android Auto device’ appears on the screen. This keeps happening over and over again.
In other instances, some claim that it doesn’t even connect over Bluetooth, or that it’s totally unstable, constantly disconnecting and reconnecting on its own.
Some have tried troubleshooting methods like clearing the cache, restarting the phone, changing the USB cable, and even updating their car’s software but still, it didn’t work.
It’s worth pointing out that a similar issue with Android Auto not pairing with some phones, primarily Samsung Galaxy models, was previously in mid-August.
But a few weeks later, Google confirmed that it had released an update to address this issue, which was then confirmed to have been ‘fixed’:
Yet, reports have continued to come in even after installing the patched version of Android Auto, indicating that the problem has not been resolved.
Having said that, we hope the developers over at Google listen and address the annoying Android Auto bug that is preventing phones from pairing in a future update.
As always, we will be keeping an eye out for more information and update this article as and when required so make sure you stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.
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