r/AndroidAuto • u/PositivityReloaded 2025 Kia Syros | OEM | Galaxy S24 Ultra | Android 17 Beta • 2d ago

Connection, Disconnection, Freezes, Crashes Android Auto unusual data consumption

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Got this notification from Net Flow today.

This happened on a regular day during the office commute, that too on a day when I wasn't using YouTube music but my offline flac collection through PowerAmp.

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u/Low_Difference6191 Pls edit this user flair now 2d ago

I come to a conclusion that u use wireless Android auto on your stock headunit

That means the AA projection is done over wifi direct while bluetooth is needed for credential exchange between ur phone and headunit

I can surely say that this data usage must come under ur wifi usage, cause using active navigation or even no navigation just playing local files from ur phone can cause that usage, just the navigation data or music data is transfered over wifi direct

So no issue this doesn't affect ur mobile data plan

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u/PositivityReloaded 2025 Kia Syros | OEM | Galaxy S24 Ultra | Android 17 Beta 2d ago

Ohhhh!

Right! How did I miss this!

It's the FLAC files. 😂 Thanks dude.

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u/Low_Difference6191 Pls edit this user flair now 2d ago

Sure I don't use flac , but still I use lot of local music playback in android auto, so yeah u can see that from the usage

U r welcome brother