dual SIM support for AA

[pgg101]

Does the new or upcoming changes to Android 10 and Android Auto fix the lack of proper dual SIM support?

 

[Rukbat]

"Lack of" in what sense? Being dual-standby instead of dual-active? No, that's up to the manufacturer to implement in hardware. Android has supported it for years.

 

[pgg101]

"Lack of" in what sense? Being dual-standby instead of dual-active? No, that's up to the manufacturer to implement in hardware. Android has supported it for years.

No. For us dual SIM users, when we ask or select to dial a number, AA gets stuck because it doesn't know which SIM to dial from.

 

[foxbat121]

That sounds like a specific phone issue. I had a dual SIM phone before, a ZTE Axon 7, and had two separate SIMs in it. Never encountered such problem.

 

[pgg101]

That sounds like a specific phone issue. I had a dual SIM phone before, a ZTE Axon 7, and had two separate SIMs in it. Never encountered such problem.

So when you dial or tap a number, you get a screen within Android Auto asking you which SIM to dial from?

 

[foxbat121]

No, in the phone settings, you designate one SIM as primary number. Android auto simply use that number to dial out.

 

[pgg101]

No, in the phone settings, you designate one SIM as primary number. Android auto simply use that number to dial out.

That won't work for me. I want it like how it is when I'm not in AA mode where the phone prompts me to which SIM I want to dial from.

 

[foxbat121]

That won't work for me. I want it like how it is when I'm not in AA mode where the phone prompts me to which SIM I want to dial from.

Good luck with that. Android Auto is all about less driver distraction. Have to pop up a SIM selection dialog and require driver to pick one for each outgoing call is a huge distraction and I won't expect Google will ever do that.