Samsung Galaxy S9+ Oreo 8.1 update? (need to solve Android Auto issues)

[Javier Girado]

Hi,

I got my shiny S9+ two days ago from T-Mobile and very happy with it although I have an issue with Android Auto.

My previous phone, Galaxy S7, never had a problem connecting to my car using Android Auto. It worked from the beginning and no issues whatsoever.

Now my S9+ refuses to connect with my car. Even manually launching Android Auto, the application still cannot register or recognize the car. The car also shows an error upon connecting the phone through USB (with or without Android Auto launched on the phone).

Just in case I tried three different USB C cables, uninstall/install Android Auto, clean cache & memory, reboot the phone, change the phone USB settings (MTA, File Transfer, etc), nothing seems to work. Somebody suggested me to use USB developer mode but I doubt it'll fix this issue.

I googled a little bit and found that Oreo 8.0 has issues with Android Auto that was fixed in 8.1. My phone currently has 8.0 so I wonder if somebody knows when Samsung will update their phones to Oreo 8.1.

I posted the same question on T-Mobile support and they told me that it'll depend on Samgung, not them.


Thanks,

 

[GibMcFragger]

I have no issues with Android Auto over USB. I never did with my previous Note 8 either, and it was running a leak of 8.0

 

[anon(1733)]

I have not had any issues either with Android Auto and I use it via USB every day.

 

[gazuga6176]

have you tried removing the old phone profile from your headunit?

 

[accapro]

Mine is working perfectly. Maybe remove your old phone from the vehicle sync list?

 

[Jaycemiskel]

Mine works perfectly with Android Auto. Sometimes Samsung never updates to the X.1 release so you could be waiting until 9.0 comes out and that's likely going to be a year from now.

 

[cactuspete23]

Seems like this may not be an Android 8.0 Problem ?

 

[Richard Felix]

I'm not having any issues with my Android auto but I've learned over the years any major problems do a factory reset and that seems to fix everything. And do not use Smart Switch or any of those to bring old apps to new phone. make sure you wipe cache partition

 

[Oscar Maradiaga]

We wont see 8.1 the galaxy s8 just got oreo update

 

[claykin]

Unlikely Samsung will bring Oreo 8.1 to S9 devices. 8.1 was released early December. If they planned on 8.1, the S9 would have shipped with it. That said, the majority of the changes in 8.1 are for Pixel 2 devices.

 

[Javier Girado]

Thanks for the tips..I'll reset my car's multimedia system (I did remove my S7 profile but who knows) and see if this fixes the problem. if not I guess I'll have to wait until Samsung update Oreo (which it'll take a while).

 

[claykin]

Thanks for the tips..I'll reset my car's multimedia system (I did remove my S7 profile but who knows) and see if this fixes the problem. if not I guess I'll have to wait until Samsung update Oreo (which it'll take a while).

Your car might need a software update. Ask dealer. Check forums.

 

[pseudotrash]

open android auto app. go into settings, connected cars and the menu dots on upper right and select "forget all cars". Make sure "add new cars to android auto" is turned on. this resolved your exact situation for my wife and I in 2 cars.

 

[neil74]

I think the speed at which we see 8.1 will be a proper test of project treble. In theory it should come quite quickly.

 

[ghaleon92]

hi,
i was having issues with my s9+ and android auto as well when i first got the phone it would launch but it wouldn't let me control my pandora app. in fact pandora wouldn't even show as a music player option. but i had got an OTA update and since then its been working fine and im still on O8.0 so you may need to see if theres any updates you have not got yet. good luck getting it resolved.

 

[Jaycemiskel]

I think the speed at which we see 8.1 will be a proper test of project treble. In theory it should come quite quickly.

A lot of times Samsung skips the X.1 updates though. It may not be an update they ever plan to release. So project treble won't really have anything to do with it.