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Update: This morning there was a new user interface when I started AA in my car, so I tried sending a text. The radio audio returned when I'd finished. My phone is still running AA 8.7.630264, so I don't know - the "car side" of the program changed? Anyway, at this moment, for the first time...

I'm using the display on my 2018 Honda Accord.

I'm currently running 8.7.630264 on my Pixel. Starting - this is a guess - in November 2022 I've had a problem where if my radio - FM or AM - is playing, and I do any of the following: listen to a text dictate a text dictate a destination for navigation the radio audio stops, and does not...

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/its-ok-to-hate-the-google-maps-dark-mode-on-android-auto-190710.html describes my dilemma. Yesterday, June 13, my Android Auto google maps was in my preferred (light/day) mode when I left home in the morning, then in the afternoon started in dark mode -...

Another update - I played around with the car in a parking lot. This quirk appears to only happen if I initiate a call with the maps displaying on my car's screen (which is how I normally have it). At least while in Park, when this happens there is a notification on the car screen, bottom...

I tested it this morning and got more information. This morning anyway, texting worked fine. If the radio is on though, when I press the microphone button to talk, the radio silences as it should. I'll say "call [contact or number]" and then when the actual call initiates, the radio audio...

I updated to Android 12 five days ago, and since then, if I initiate a call or a text from Android Auto while the radio is playing, the radio audio doesn't cut off. Other than my own concentration it doesn't detract much from dictating a text. But it's murder having the radio going while I'm...

I'm going to let https://www.driveaccord.net/threads/bluetooth-and-android-auto-connection-issues-my-own-findings.526817/ do the talking for me, because the instances mentioned in that thread exactly describe my situation (2018 Honda Accord). I pretty much always plug USB into my phone before...

The google assistant seems to hijack less now than before, but still jumps in. But today I found https://techbriefly.com/2021/07/15/how-to-turn-off-google-assistant-driving-mode/ and it doesn't seem exactly right, but because of it, I found that, from my phone, maps > settings > navigation...

Maybe, I hope, I've found the answer at https://www.nextpit.com/how-to-deactivate-google-assistant That is: Launch the Google app on your smartphone. Click on your profile image (at the top of the screen). Select Settings. Select Google Assistant. Navigate to the General...

More than a year ago I posted a similar issue: https://forums.androidcentral.com/google-pixel-3a-pixel-3a-xl/1011275-how-can-i-use-voice-android-auto-but-not-have-google-assistant-jump.html However, this is a bit different. First, the solution to that doesn't solve the new dilemma. "Hey...

Excellent answer, and thanks! Yes, the last backup was 19 hours ago, done at a time when wifi was available, but the phone was certainly not charging, and had been active. Any idea why I never saw this "backup incomplete" message, ever, until sometime in the last 60-90 days? Is it something...

For the past three months or so I am seeing a notification I never saw before on my Pixel. It's a google notification headlined "backup incomplete," and goes on to say that the backup runs automatically when the phone is connected to a power source, has available wifi, and has been inactive for...

Thanks. I googled what your question meant, and changed from 2-button to 3-button, leaving Gestures off, and yes, this fixed it. Now that I know that much of the lingo, how can I slide the apps into view from 2-button, as I'd been able to in 11 and its predecessors?

I definitely fall into the "not broke/don't fix" camp, who more rues O/S upgrades, than revels in them. So here's the first of what might be many irritants I've found about Android 12 for which I can't google a solution. Before 12, on my Pixel 3a phone, if I dragged up from the bottom of the...