I picked up a Google Pixel and now my phone wont connect to Android Auto via Bluetooth. My phone has to be physically plugged in for it to work when my last ghetto phone connected automatically.. Also, I made the mistake of using the "App Center" or whatever it is called on Sync thinking it would help. Before trying that, all my apps automatically showed up on the touch screen with my new and old phone (except Android Auto), but now I have to enter that :"App Center" and it has to load every time when before everything used to be ready instantaneously. Can anybody out there help me? I didn't even care about Android Auto until I read a way to mirror your phone onto the screen so I was hoping to have some cool music visualizers rockin' when I was listening to music, now I wish I just left the boring Nav screen alone. Lame.

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Travis

 

Pixel 6? My P6 is not staying connected to my truck. I never had problems with the Pixel3a. The December update is supposed to have a fix.

 

What year? I thought all Sync 3 required a cable for Android Auto. Mine does.

 

Correct, Sync 3 does not support wireless Android Auto or CarPlay. You must use a cable for either of these 2 services to work.

 

I think the OP means the new phone isn't connecting via bluetooth to play music. Only the 2021 and up trucks can connect wirelessly for Android Auto and Carplay.

I had an Android phone previously and the Android Auto connection was finicky. Sometimes it would work flawlessly and other times it would lose the connection for no reason and refuse to reconnect. Other times it just wouldn't connect at all. I have an iPhone now and Carplay works every time, never had an issue. Which is ironic because my truck only had Android Auto capability when I bought it. When I got an iPhone I had to update the software and change the USB hub for it to work. But for whatever reason it plays better with iOS than it does with Android.

 

I used to have same issue with Pixel 3, while other Samsung Galaxy phones in the house will connect flawlessly.
I have Galaxy A32 now with no issue. Recently I added AAwireless and it work great.

 

I have a Pixel 5A 5G asked a 2016 Lariat. Android Auto works on the Sync 4 screen like it always did, which means it's requires a physical connection and is sometimes flaky, requiring that I unplug the wire and plug it back in to get it started. It doesn't get flaky while using it. It just won't start easily sometimes.

As stated by someone else, AA is no longer a phone-only app, at least on a Pixel. But, when searching Google Play on my wife's Samsung s10e, I found "Android Auto for phone screens", which is the previous version you're familiar with. That app does not show up with searching Play with my Pixel.