Android Auto is at the center of the latest road safety controversy. It’s not just because of the risk of touchscreens in the car, nor because drivers prefer physical buttons; Even some manufacturers like GM have spoken out, suggesting that systems like Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are unsafe because they cause distractions while driving.
The big problem is that Android Auto is very unstable, with a large number of “bugs” that affect the experience and even cause the system to crash. When this happens, many drivers’ first reaction is to reach for their cell phone to see what’s wrong, taking their eyes off the road.
One of the most annoying breakdowns affecting drivers in months is happening now when the telephone signal is lost on the mobile; Fortunately, Google has finally confirmed that it has the solution to the problem, even if it is not available to all users.
Android Auto disconnects
The failure described by users occurs when using Android Auto using the wireless connection of your Xiaomi mobile; At the moment, users of this brand seem to be the most affected, although similar failures have also been reported with mobile phones from other manufacturers.
The problem is that Android Auto It disconnects by itself as soon as the smartphone loses the mobile signal; something that in theory should not happen because this connection has nothing to do with the one established between the car screen and the cell phone. This is particularly annoying if we cross areas with poor coverage or which do not offer the best speed; Some users claim that they also face this problem when their mobile phone switches from 4G network to 3G network because the operator they are using does not yet offer broadband connection coverage in that area.
Xiaomi mobile users are most affected
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When Android Auto disconnects, the big problem is that does not reconnect even if mobile connection is reestablished; In fact, the mobile does not detect the loss of connection and it is believed that Android Auto continues to work correctly, so it is not possible to restart it. Some users experienced the opposite problem: they started without a connection and Android Auto disconnected as soon as they recovered it.
For months, users have searched for methods to avoid this problem; a partial solution was in place activate airplane mode on your mobile during the travel period, but this has the disadvantage that Android Auto cannot use data for Google Maps, Spotify and the rest of the applications. This specific Android Auto outage has been known about at least since last June; but since Xiaomi’s mobile users are the most affected, it was unclear whether this was a Google problem or a Chinese manufacturer.
Finally, a Google representative used the official forums to announce that there is already a solution to this problem. Eventually, Xiaomi was tasked with developing a patch, indicating that the problem lay in its MIUI layer and the changes it made. The patch has already been implemented, but only on Android 14.
The way to resolve this failure is therefore to update our mobile to Android 14; Unfortunately, Xiaomi’s update plan to Android 14 (with the new HyperOS) is very limited at the moment: the list of mobile phones that will receive HyperOS in Europe is very short, at least for the moment. There is also no mention of users who use mobile phones from other brands. This problem is therefore far from being completely resolved.
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