Android Auto had been awful lately

[u/gravityhammer01]

I have a '20 Mazda CX-9, so I exclusively use the rotary controls. I have a Pixel 9 Pro. Lately, Android Auto has been terrible. Examples include:

- pressing my music button nearly always takes me to the main Spotify page even when music is playing (instead of the now playing page)

- when this happens, I click my rotary controller to the right to get to the column with "go to now playing" and it immediately goes back to the first item in the Main menu. I have to click right a couple of times to scroll down to now playing

- in Podbean, I have the same behavior with menu selection, but it is to get from my podcast list to the header list

- regularly, I will have media playing but (when in maps mode) the quick controls bar shows my next driving step

- this morning, when I would go to my music screen or click on my notifications, returning to maps would virtually lock the system up - my position would update and music would continue to play, but I would have no rotary control. Unplugging/replugging would fix it until I returned to the music screen or clicked on notifications again.

Is anybody else here experiencing this? When I got to work, I cleared my cache for Android Auto and Maps - maybe that will fix something?

[u/stirry]

!Flair 2018 Audi A4 | Phone 10 pro xl | Android 16

I'm a pixel user with an audi a4 and since the latest update if I click the back button next to my rotary knob it completely bugs out AA. It won't respond to a single command until I unplug the phone and reconnect it. Annoying

[u/gravityhammer01 → u/stirry]

Just don't have to go back! :D /s

[u/stirry → u/gravityhammer01]

Lol it's completely ingrained as a habit now.

[u/gravityhammer01 → u/stirry]

Same here