Google is kicking millions of Android devices off Android Auto - is yours one of them?

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PhoneArena
PhoneArena
Phonearena team
Original poster
• 5d ago

Android Auto is being disabled for devices running Android 10 or below, and Google just confirmed it. Soon millions of Android devices will stop connecting with Android Auto entirely. “Android Auto will soon stop working on this phone” For the past few weeks, Google has been showing a warning message on Android Auto dashboards connected with phones running Android 10 or older. The company just confirmed that it is raising the minimum working requirement to Android version 11. This means that...

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DFranch
DFranch
Arena Master
• 5d ago

If you have a phone that is 7 android versions behind, you have bigger problems than AA. You likely haven't had a security update in years. You must have issues running other apps by now.

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MiguelH
MiguelH
Arena Apprentice
• 21h ago

Android Auto is one of those things that is frustrating at times but you can't do without. I feel like people both love and hate it at the same time because it is a necessity with every vehicle but it has strange random issues all the time. Overall, I will never buy a vehicle that does not support it, though. I will not even rent a vehicle that does not support it.

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MiguelH
MiguelH
Arena Apprentice
• 21h ago

And by extension I will not own a phone that cannot run AA.

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skildpadder
skildpadder
Arena Apprentice
• 4h ago

I usually shut down Android Auto when I'm in a car equipped with it as the audio playback sucks. I bypass it and go straight to Bluetooth audio.

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BobNoxious
BobNoxious
Arena Apprentice
• 28m ago

So nothing of value was lost, most of the time I keep it disabled anyway.

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