Android auto

[ccattie]

Mine has been working fine since day one, but today when it came up it says "preproduction hardware not for resale". I know the 2.7.0 notes say it might happen, but it is odd it showed up today out of the blue. I went through the steps of removing my phone from the car, removing AA from my phone and reinstalling / setting up AA but it is still there. Anybody else get it randomly and has it gone away on its own?

 

[PlaterB]

Is it possible to stop AA from launching by default as soon as you get in the car?

 

[gavram]

AA doesn't reliably connect, and when it doesn't (just circles on starting until it gives up), the only way I've found to fix it is to reboot the Lucid. Tried disabling, re-enabling Bluetooth on the car, but that didn't work.

Mine too..or rather circles once until failure then connects a 2nd time. If it doesn't connect a 2nd time check to see if you have a VPN running on your phone & disable & retry.

 

[DeaneG]

Is it possible to stop AA from launching by default as soon as you get in the car?

Yes. In Android Auto's Settings app, set "Start Android Auto Automatically" to "If used on last drive".
Then exit Android Auto before you leave the car by tapping the Android Auto symbol next to your phone on the car's Devices/Bluetooth menu.


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[PlaterB]

Yes. In Android Auto's Settings app, set "Start Android Auto Automatically" to "If used on last drive".
Then exit Android Auto before you leave the car by tapping the Android Auto symbol next to your phone on the car's Devices/Bluetooth menu.


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Wow, so simple and so well hidden! Thank you Deane!

 

[PlaterB]

Yes. In Android Auto's Settings app, set "Start Android Auto Automatically" to "If used on last drive".
Then exit Android Auto before you leave the car by tapping the Android Auto symbol next to your phone on the car's Devices/Bluetooth menu.


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Unfortunately, no option ('if used on the last drive', 'always' or 'default') made any difference with my Pixel 8A. AA keeps starting up automatically. Was anyone able to prevent AA from loading as soon as you get in the car?

 

[DeaneG]

Unfortunately, no option ('if used on the last drive', 'always' or 'default') made any difference with my Pixel 8A. AA keeps starting up automatically. Was anyone able to prevent AA from loading as soon as you get in the car?

After my post with that solution, my own Android Auto started up every time as well. It worked at least once!

 

[Nunya]

Maybe disable the AA app on your phone?

 

[PlaterB]

Maybe disable the AA app on your phone?

There doesn't seem to be such an option now that AA is part of the OS rather than a separate app. Besides, I don't want it disabled, I just don't want it to start uninvited

 

[chucky0731]

There doesn't seem to be such an option now that AA is part of the OS rather than a separate app. Besides, I don't want it disabled, I just don't want it to start uninvited

If you turn off Wifi or Bluetooth on your phone before unlocking your doors, then AA will not connect automatically.

 

[crareman]

Mine too..or rather circles once until failure then connects a 2nd time. If it doesn't connect a 2nd time check to see if you have a VPN running on your phone & disable & retry.

I have had the same issue. I also get a popup on my phone to "Disable VPN". I did not want to, but gotta do it for AA to work.

I did a quick Check on my security provider website and found thst I can use a "Split Tunnel" VPN. In other words leave my VPN on, and select which app(s) bypass the VPN and connect directly. I selected Android Auto only and seems to work.

For reference: Galaxy S25+ and using Bitdefender

Some Apps won't work with Bitdefender VPN? Use Split Tunneling

Learn what to do if certain apps won't work when connected to Bitdefender VPN: email, game, media streaming services, etc.

www.bitdefender.com

All seems to work fine.