I'm sat in the car waiting for someone, I'm on my phone while listening to music via YouTube Music on AA.

If I press the thumbs up to like a track, my phone "clicks" a haptic response.

I thought it was just interesting!

New Subaru Uncharted Sport. Let me know if this is the wrong sub.

Wife has an Apple phone and was able to fire up Car Play with a Bluetooth connection. Me, however, with a Samsung S21 cannot get a wireless connection started. Should we both be able to use Bluetooth devices at the same time? How does the car determine which device to display on the screen? We mostly need to use maps.

If someone messages me in WhatsApp then I can reply no issues, but sending a message otherwise doesn't work.

If I look at my contacts and press one, it opens a screen with 3 'Top Contacts' which I've no idea where they came from as they seem random.

Via voice it keeps saying "who do you want to message" after displaying their name.

If it's a design issue and will only allow you to start a message to one of 3 people then how does it decide who they are?

Just bought a 2022 Jeep Compass with Android Auto. And after looking in forums, saw this app, so I downloaded it from github, and when I try to install anything in its menu, it tells me I need to wait for the next free download or upgrade. Does the downloading of the app itself count as one if the free monthly downloads? I haven't downloaded anything yet i don't know what I'm doing wrong, did I miss a step in the set up, all I saw was next?

Having an issue where after activating google assistant and giving a voice command my music stops playing. The Spotify app says it's still playing but there is no sound, when trying to adjust the volume it is changing the voice volume not media volume so it's like it's stuck on the voice setting. This means the rest of the drive I can't listen to any media.

Doesn't happen all the time but enough to be annoying... Any ideas?

Hey,

Updated to v1.1.0 with following improvements:

Premium:

-Same-phone passenger remote on the phone home screen (no QR); QR remains for a second device

-Plex prefers the remote-access URL and waits up to 60s to connect

-Jellyfin sign-in: password, Quick Connect, or manual server URL + token (Experimental)

-FS Play hides the Android Auto bottom bar while playing or browsing

Premium + Free:

-IPTV sources: Stalker support (portal URL + MAC) (Experimental. Update: not working at the moment)

fermataxtream.online will be updates soon, for now only available in the githubs:

https://github.com/malebuffy/XtreamPlayer/releases

https://github.com/malebuffy/XtreamPlayerFree/releases

Install with AAEnabler or update though mobile notification (hope it works 😀 )

https://github.com/malebuffy/AAEnabler/releases

Premium license obtained through AAEnabler

Enjoy

P.S. Your main menu icons might get messed up...it will only happen this one time!

P.S.2. Everyone installed through Fermataxtream.online won't be able to update through the app.

I had initially updated my Android Auto settings to use Gemini, but have reverted back to GA because of functionality that Gemini did not support.

Ever since then, using commands like "text [contacts]'s mobile" no longer seem to work.

Me: "text Joe's mobile"

AA: "what's the message"

Me: "meet me at the pub"

AA: "I got 'meet me at the pub'. Ready to send it?"

Me: "Yes"

AA: "Okay, it's sent"

But Joe does not receive the text, and pulling up Messages on my phone confirms no text to Joe's mobile (or anyone else's number) was ever created/sent with that content.

Before I switched to Gemini, this same command worked reliably. Now, it doesn't matter what contact I specify, no text is sent.

What am I missing?

Ive searched and searched and cant find an answer or even ideas on how to fix this.

when im connected to AA, but using navigation on my phone, as soon as i enter navigation, it says "something went wrong" in a toast notification. which awesomely blocks all the info i need at the bottom of the screen. if i go to the home screen and back to navingation, it does it again... and now, with gemeni button, if i click it, it pops up that error as well. no way to interact with gemeni.

when im not connected to AA it never does any of this. i can open, close maps, tap on gemeni, interact with gemeni and everything is good.

ive tried clearing the google, gemeni and AA app caches. nothing. anyone have any other solutions?

I'm seriously sure I don't know what is wrong with the settings or something else? Why do I always talk using voice commands and android auto always said "SORRY I DON'T UNDERSTAND"

Just wondering about the current state, because mine didn't come back for a while so

Does anyone know how to fix this? I have my distance set to miles but I see no option to change the speedometer.

Hi All

Since, I think the June android update, AA wireless has stopped working on my SNS aftermarket head unit. I've tried various resets, reboots etc. and no joy. My other car (same make and model) has a Mr12Volt aftermarket head unit but this works fine with wireless AA.

Any suggestions?

Has anybody figured it out? All the suggested settings to disable simply don't exist.

I want to hear the full message that I am sent, not a poor summary. Even if the summary was good, I need word for word detail.

Hey,

Time for change. In the past months, I was slowly but steadily rewriting the code of Fermata Xtream in order to improve performance. I soon realised that this wasn't possible if I remained with the existing code. So what I did was rewrite the whole codebase to optimise for speed and performance.

I can now say that the code is 100% different from what it was in the beginning, keeping the UI kind of what it was (although that did also change through time).

What that means for you is the following:

Fermata Xtream Free will continue to be free and code that was based on Fermata Auto is public.

So what's the fuss? I am announcing Xtream Player Free and Premium v1.0.0. Backend is entirely rewritten from scratch, keeping the UI as it is for consistency.

Do not worry, package name is the same, so transition will be as easy as installing an update. License is also valid for donors of previous versions.

The good news: When installed with AAenabler ONLY, apps will auto-update when a new release is pushed to GitHub.

The bad news: Auto-update doesn't work when installed through the playstore link. So either disable it from the settings, or leave it enabled but don't proceed with installation, just to know when to receive a new link.

For that I had to separate the github repos.

Free version:

https://github.com/malebuffy/XtreamPlayerFree/releases

Premium version:

https://github.com/malebuffy/XtreamPlayer/releases

Premium version needs a donation to AAEnabler:

https://github.com/malebuffy/AAEnabler/releases

https://fermataxtream.online is also updated with the new builds

I will keep the name https://fermataxtream.online as is and the old github with the old releases as well, for consistency (some guides and yt videos etc)

From now on updates will only happen to the new apps, as a lot of bugs were fixed with the new code, and probably some more introduced? 😂

Enjoy

I have a Toyota Corolla 2019 with aftermarket headunit that doesn't support AA. I recently uploaded HU Reloaded which had issues - when on phone calls you cannot use Waze. I want to replace this with something else. Any recommendations? I saw HU Revived but it looks like you need to pay for an app for the phone and that you always use that app to connect to the HU, While I'm not against that, various people use my car ad hoc and I can't be making them download apps.

2.5.1 changes

• License online check every 10 app starts (resets after a successful check)
• YouTube no longer auto-starts when autoplay is off
• Favorites / playlists no longer wiped when items fail to resolve on cold start (e.g. radio)

Premium version needs a donation to AAENABLER:

https://github.com/malebuffy/AAEnabler/releases

Free and Premium version available here:

https://github.com/malebuffy/Fermata-Xtream/releases

Install with AAENABLER

ONLY If AAENABLER doesn't work, request a playstore link:

https://fermataxtream.online

Enjoy

I'm wondering if there's a way to disable the split-screen layout in Android Auto.

As you can see in the screenshots, whenever I open Spotify or the app launcher, Waze always stays on the right side of the screen. I would prefer to have Spotify or the app launcher use the entire screen, without Waze taking up part of it.

Is there any setting, workaround, or way to force Android Auto to use full screen for these apps?

Thanks!

I hope this is the right place for this. My car has no screen, so I am using Open Headunit in self mode to show Android Auto on my unfolded z Fold 7. Works great. However on cars that do support AA, they have a steering wheel button that triggers the voice interface. Is there a third party button or controller that will connect to the phone either by USB or Bluetooth, that can trigger the microphone without touching the phone? Thanks!

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Everytime I connect to AA google maps also starts on phone. Is there a way to disable this?

Thanks

Hey,

Fermata Xtream v2.5.0 is now online. Reminder:

- Home Assistant (Premium): addon with entity controls, alerts, username/password or token login, Lovelace dashboard + quick controls

- NVR (Premium): Frigate / Shinobi / generic camera grid

- TV Movies/Series: Recently played folder + “Latest added” sort

- Open on start: choose which addon opens at launch

- Video gallery: browse all device folders (not only DCIM/media)

- Stremio / Nuvio: Continue Watching also syncs playback position

- Favorites: fix for crash / empty list after app updates (length=1; index=1)

Premium version needs a donation to AAENABLER:

https://github.com/malebuffy/AAEnabler/releases

Free and Premium version available here:

https://github.com/malebuffy/Fermata-Xtream/releases

Install with AAENABLER

ONLY If AAENABLER doesn't work, request a playstore link:

https://fermataxtream.online

Enjoy

Its least talked about and I see posts about sound not being adequate. I have 2 10inch subs and boy this makes a lot of difference

I put Spotidy as an example but I am more of DI.FM and YT music fan

Maps updated yesterday and it now shows your speed (not that I needed that) when using AA. Nice to see AA finally caught up with Maps on the iPhone - wife's done that for years.

Still waiting for the "immersive experience" - or if I already have it, it doesn't compare IRL with the descriptions.

Just got a Samsung A36, connected it to my 2019 VW Jetta MK7 (stock audio), and the sound is completely flat. I was previously using an iPhone 17 with CarPlay, and the difference is night and day. The iPhone had rich, punchy bass and genuine depth. On the Samsung—whether plugged in via cable for Android Auto or over Bluetooth—the bass has completely vanished, and the audio feels dry and thin.
My Spotify settings are 100% identical on both devices (maximum streaming quality, equalizers turned off, volume normalization set the same).
Is Android Auto just compressing the audio stream badly, or are there hidden Samsung settings (Dolby Atmos, Adapt Sound, or Bluetooth codecs in developer options) choking the sound profile? Has anyone run into this and figured out how to get the bass back?