jeanloup
Established Member
Hi Folks,
I hope it's ok to post a new thread, I saw a few related posts to what I wanted to talk about but not all in one thread.
A bit of background first. My car was delivered almost a year ago and hasn't been serviced yet. I'm getting a servicing in about 2 weeks so it's possible some of the issues I'm having will be corrected with a software update (one can hope...). My phone runs Android 12 and given it's gonna be 3 years old soon, is unlikely to get any newer versions of Android now.
So what I've been experiencing lately is more and more it will take 2 or 3 minutes for Android auto to properly start up. We're talking Windows XP levels of booting up here. I use Waze for maps and nowadays 60 to 70% of the time the app will tell me it's having trouble loading maps until it does a minute or so later. So generally Android Auto has gotten more and more sluggish as time goes by and I really only use 3 apps beside waze (Google Podcasts, YouTube Music and Audible) so it's not like it's expecting to open a whole range of apps at once. I'm just wondering if this is something other have noticed with Android Auto as I'm not sure if the issue is with the car, with my phone or both.
And then of course there are the other issues people have reported here, the black screen which won't boot Auto at all, even after getting out of the car, locking it up and getting back in (the best method I can think of for turning it on and off again). The worst is the crash in the middle of a book chapter or podcast which won't restart until you unplug the phone and then unlock it to plug it back in, it's doable when you have a passenger but on your own it's only safe to do when the car is stopped. I keep hoping Android Auto will have updates on the phone which will address those but they always come back at some point. Not sure there's anything that can be done with those.
I hope it's ok to post a new thread, I saw a few related posts to what I wanted to talk about but not all in one thread.
A bit of background first. My car was delivered almost a year ago and hasn't been serviced yet. I'm getting a servicing in about 2 weeks so it's possible some of the issues I'm having will be corrected with a software update (one can hope...). My phone runs Android 12 and given it's gonna be 3 years old soon, is unlikely to get any newer versions of Android now.
So what I've been experiencing lately is more and more it will take 2 or 3 minutes for Android auto to properly start up. We're talking Windows XP levels of booting up here. I use Waze for maps and nowadays 60 to 70% of the time the app will tell me it's having trouble loading maps until it does a minute or so later. So generally Android Auto has gotten more and more sluggish as time goes by and I really only use 3 apps beside waze (Google Podcasts, YouTube Music and Audible) so it's not like it's expecting to open a whole range of apps at once. I'm just wondering if this is something other have noticed with Android Auto as I'm not sure if the issue is with the car, with my phone or both.
And then of course there are the other issues people have reported here, the black screen which won't boot Auto at all, even after getting out of the car, locking it up and getting back in (the best method I can think of for turning it on and off again). The worst is the crash in the middle of a book chapter or podcast which won't restart until you unplug the phone and then unlock it to plug it back in, it's doable when you have a passenger but on your own it's only safe to do when the car is stopped. I keep hoping Android Auto will have updates on the phone which will address those but they always come back at some point. Not sure there's anything that can be done with those.
