There are two tips that usually prove useful whenever a device like a mobile gives us problems and which are not really a mystery. The first is universal and consists of turning it off and on and the second is also an old knowledge: empty the cache. And even if for Android Auto we use the vehicle screen, it is still an adaptation to the car of what we have on the mobile.
On a personal note, Android Auto is my favorite infotainment system, but there is something that still needs improvement: stability, because sometimes it crashes for no apparent reason. So whenever I encounter a problem, beyond logging in and out of my phone or taking other more drastic measures, My trick is to clear the Android Auto cache.
How to clear Android Auto cache
As we progressed in introductionthe heart of Android Auto is on our phone and in fact it is an application, so to clear the cache you will have to go directly to the mobile and search for the application.
For them we go to ‘Settings‘ > ‘Applications‘ and we scroll until we find it. Once Android Auto is located, we enter and search for ‘Storage‘.
Once inside we simply press clear cache and when the process is executed we reconnect the cell phone to the car to check if the problem has been resolved.
Clearing the cache from time to time is a good idea: here are the reasons
Is having cached files a bad thing? No, quite the contrary: the usefulness of the cache is beyond doubt, because it saves the temporary files necessary to improve the performance of the application and the user experience, since it guarantees, among other things, that the processes are executed sooner .
Files are downloaded and cached automatically and are intended to speed up the loading and execution of functions and applications. Its importance is such that it serves to save data and battery, to reduce processor usage and generally, the cache makes the system smoother.
But sometimes there are too many files accumulated in the cache and paradoxically they can slow down the system. Although normally deleting the cache is usually done to free up space (be careful because if you have never deleted the cache of applications that you use often, like WhatsApp, you can find a generous cache of more than a gigabyte ), normally this will be the case. this is not the case with Android Auto. With Google’s infotainment system, it’s used to troubleshoot specific errors, like an app not loading, unexpected shutdowns, or even an app not updating. Eventually, when Android Auto is not working properly.
Clearing cache does not mean losing apps, settings or personal information that you have previously entered. Simply, when you open Android Auto and use it normally, the affected files will be downloaded to the cache again, which may mean that at first everything happens a little slower than usual.
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