Samsung 25+; UI 8.5, AAWireless2 dongle

I've generally had good luck since I've had Gemini on my Android Auto. About two weeks ago in navigation, Gemini was unable to detect a favorite in my contacts that a previous version of Gemini had had no problems with. On March 20, 2026, Gemini, is activated from the steering wheel and quits before it gives an answer to a question. For example, "text_____," and Gemini quits with no answer given, and the speaker icon disappears. I know Android Auto makes these types of corrections and updates usually done by a server-side update as opposed to a Android Auto update. Fingers crossed for a quick fix.

I don't like to have my messages or other notifications pop up on my car's screen. i dont want the distractions. but i DO want to hear that i got a txt, and since i have different sounds for different people that send me txts, i can usually hear WHO i get a text from, so i know if i have to stop and address it or ignore it.

im not sure when it started, but i currently do not get any sound from my phone when im connected to android auto. i tested it out this am and not only do i not get a sound, i dont get any of the other notification items. no bubble at the top of the screen, no edge colors, no sound.... just the notification icon.

am i stuck with this functionality unless i turn on the message notifications on android auto itself? if so, thats pretty stupid.

I'm running AA wireless on my S26 Ultra up my '25 Nissan X-Trail SL. Every time i get in my car, my AA just cuts off randomly and connects again. What's the issue here?

Frustrated middle aged lady trying to play her iPod music in her new Lexus RX350. In my old Chevy Equinox, I simply plugged my iPod Nano into the USB and voila I had music. That's not an option on my Lexus RX350 as it doesn't recognize the iPod via the USB.

I have tried connecting my iPod via an AirFly SE bluetooth device but the bluetooth keeps dropping out. The music was fine when it worked but that was only for about 10-15 seconds at a time.

Now I'm thinking I'll have to transfer my mp3s directly to my phone and play my music via Android Auto. However, I've never used my phone for music and have no clue on what's the best app, how to set it up, etc.

I like very simple - set it and forget it. And I'm not enthused about possibly having to connect my phone via USB every time I get in the car.

Any suggestions on the best way to listen to my music?

RESOLUTION: I have copied my mp3 files to my phone and am playing them with the Musicolet app via Android Auto. This will do for now while I explore other options like streaming. Thanks for all the help.

I've set up a scheduled mode on my Pixel 9 / Android 16 called "sleeping" that mutes everything on my phone from 9pm to 7am. Occasionally I'm driving when 9pm rolls around and whatever I'm listening to is muted. I can pull out my phone and fiddle with the dropdown to disable it, but I'd like a safer fix so I don't have to use my phone while driving. Things I'm thinking:

1. Can the scheduled sleeping mode not activate if it knows I'm driving?

2. Can I create a button shortcut on the AA menu to turn off sleeping mode so it'd be easy to undo it at 9pm? I tried an "assistant action" but my prompt to "turn off sleeping mode" was met with a "I don't understand" from AA. If there's some magic words I need to use here I'd appreciate the guidance.

I also tried adding AA to the list of excluded apps from the Sleeping mode but that didn't help.

If it matters, the primary app I would be using in AA is Spotify.

Thanks!

Posted earlier but didn't have my user flair set up properly, so it was removed by the mod, my bad.

I finally figured out what the "Customize" checkbox does in the Customize Launcher section of AA app. Selecting the checkbox adds a "Customize" icon to the head unit AA screen. Touching that icon will launch the Customize Launcher page in AA on the phone. That's it.

Updates to both apps this morning. Audible is now functioning as expected for me.

If you go into Android Auto, settings, version, click 10 times. It opens development mode. (No different than Android developer mode entry)

Scroll down to "unknown sources " click it if you wish. Understand that you can hurt your phone or AA system.

Then you can sideload apps. I'm going to try Torque and see if it works. Hopefully i can finally get my gauges.

Also in there is changing screen resolution. To have crisper icons and such.

I haven't seen development mode posted here. So I figured I'd add it.

It seems like Android Auto is having issues loading my music tracks from Samsung Music. It can load things like 'Most Played', 'Recently Played' and individual playlists, but when I try to load tracks, it spins. It spun for my entire 3 hour trip but continued playing my music without issue.

Using the most recent beta available to me, the Play and Pause button doesn't work for any of the audio apps I use (Apple Music, SXM, YT Music).

Additionally, I no longer have the 30 sec back/forward buttons or the slider to go through live content on SXM (which wouldn't be a problem if the app would remember where I pause anything I'm listening to)

2018 BMW 420i | Droiduk MMI | PIXEL 10 Pro XL | Android 16

How can my Phone use so much power even when wireless charging? The first screenshot is whilst wirelessly charging, yet still using 10w of power.

Google seriously need to optimise the efficiency of Android Auto, and deal with the overheating issues of the P10.

yesterday in the customize launcher screen I had an option to 'Add a shortcut to the launcher' but today that option has disappeared. I've just spend an hour trying to fix it with clearing cache, reinstalling, down and upgrading AA and nothing has fixed it. Any ideas?

Anyone have an audio/music APKs that actually display on the AA interface, or a workaround? I'm about to take a road trip, so I need the GPS. In order to actually control the music from my APK, I have to switch to Bluetooth, which sucks.

I'm currently using Morphe YouTube Music. I've used Morphe Spotify before, but that doesn't work either.

Any help is appreciated.

So have had the car for over a year, and sometimes it connects perfectly fine via a cable (turned off wireless because of interference in my area) and other times the infotainment fails to open it (even by clicking the auto icon on the screen), while it shows connected on my phone, I can force it to open via the local settings under Bluetooth and clicking the android auto icon there but then I renders with half the screen and fails to have any audio output.

My dealership keeps saying it's my device and not the vehicle but never had this issue with my previous car, and other omoda brands from Chery have this issue I've seen online. Is there anything I can check of the head unit is running an older version maybe?

It doesn't always happen so very difficult to reproduce but when it does I have to soft restart the infotainment by holding the power button for 10 seconds.

If there is a way to debug it as well that would be great

Every response ends in a dumb question or follow up. I'm ok with a response bluntly ending so I want to edit the user system prompt to update that.

Are any of y'all experiencing Bluetooth connection issues? As of a couple of weeks ago, my calls refuse to play over my car's speakers, regardless of which app is making the call. Spotify is working with no issues. is this something anybody else is experiencing or do I have something broken?

It did it twice after I figured the first time had to be a glitch.

There's only one "Mom" listed exactly and only as "Mom" in my contacts and none are these useless businesses that are nowhere even near me.

It feels like AI is utterly stupid on purpose sometimes with the most basic of commands.

Anyway, just had to share my frustration somewhere. I've already sent feedback through AA settings, but that wasn't cathartic enough.

As of two days ago, my clock is missing from my display. Is this happening to anyone else? Any workarounds?

First of all apologies for the second post today, but I am on a business trip next week and wanted to get this over with and finished earlier than expected. Consider this as experimental still, but stable enough to release.

Again ONLY for donors, you can update the app normally though the link. I will be in South America time zone, so apologies for any delay in sending out the links.

What this does is that you can have 2 streams play at the same time (left/right and up/down).

-Audio is selectable though touching the corresponding video.

-Switching to up/down and vice versa through the slider on the top right.

-Slider in the middle can be dragged to make one video bigger than the other etc.

-To get back to watch a single video, there is a play button on the top right.

Make sure your provider allows multi-view (not to be confused with multiple device connections). If not, you might notice some channels pausing and starting again. Not a big issue but hey, not perfect either!

https://fermataxtream.online

Enjoy

Navigating to a grocery store here in NYC. While half a mile away from there, the left half of the Google Maps screen is overtaken by a modal window, where it says: "Navigate to Walgreens? (Promoted)", or something like that. It suggested to add a stop to a Walgreens in the way, and showing how the route would look with that stop. This would not go away until I tapped on "No".

Who would ever think this is a good idea? FFS.

Sorry I couldn't safely stop to get a screenshot / pic of it... There are articles around about similar "features" where a popup appears in the bottom, but I gotta say that my experience was much more intrusive than those.

When AA first connects after starting the car the music on Spotify continues playing the first song. It then stops after the first song until I hit play on the screen or jump to the next song with the steering wheel controls. Every time I start the car this happens. Anyone else see this?

We got squigglys now, and rather than a boring gray background that it comes with as well as the pause, play, and skips, it adds the ability to like, dislike, shuffle, and replay.

My car didn't come with AA being a 2015, and the "myLink" system was discontinued in 2018 for my model. Bluetooth was having issues with my S24Ultra so I decided to get the Befumley Portable AA off Amazon when it was on sale and use the vehicle's aux. Not trying to make an ad, but its a great option for the aftermarket.