- Many users are currently experiencing Android Auto issues
- Galaxy and Pixel phones are among those affected
- Samsung and Google have not yet commented on the bugs
It looks like there’s a big bug (or maybe several bugs) affecting Android Auto right now, with a significant number of users reporting that they’re having trouble connecting their phone to their vehicle’s dashboard.
Autoevolution has a report that highlights issues with the new Samsung Galaxy S26 phones specifically: apparently, connections to Android Auto are simply not working for these handsets for certain users, with no real clue as to why.
An extensive post on Reddit rounds up some of the complaints, with users even considering returning their phones: “There’s no way I’m keeping this phone if it doesn’t work with Android Auto,” writes one Redditor.
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While we have had no official comment from Samsung, some users are reporting that they have been able to get their phones working after applying the latest software patches. Others have resorted to manually installing an older version of Android Auto.
Pixels too
It’s not just the Galaxy S26 phones that are having issues with Android Auto at the moment. Another Autoevolution article reports that Google Pixel phone owners are also having issues, particularly with wired connections to their dashboard.
In these cases, the problems seem to have started after the latest software update Google pushed out to Pixel phones this month. One theory is that the Advanced Protection security feature on these devices is blocking the Android Auto connection.
There are posts on the Android Auto help forums explaining that Android Auto won’t connect while a phone is locked – which it should. Again, there has been no official response from Google yet.
While it’s hard to gauge how many users this affects, there are plenty of complaints. Let’s hope Google and Samsung investigate and are able to issue fixes to these issues sooner rather than later.
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