AutoGoogle rolls out fix for Android Auto phone call bug, with mixed resultsFour months after it was first reported, the issue has been resolvedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
AutoGoogle rolls out fix for Android Auto phone call bug, with mixed resultsFour months after it was first reported, the issue has been resolvedWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Four months after it was first reported, the issue has been resolved
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Googlehas fixed an issue withAndroid Autowhere the car infotainment system would fail to make phone calls when asked to.
Although the voice assistant recognised what was being asked of it, and even dug out the correct name and number from the user’s contacts book, the call wouldn’t connect. Over 250Androidusers reported having a similar issue.
A Google community specialist posted on 7 October, saying: “We are happy to report that the Assistant team has applied a fix,” and asking users to update the Google app on their phone to version 13.36 or higher.
However, while some users responded to say the bug has been fixed, others haven’t been so fortunate. One said calls via Google Assistant now work again on theirSamsung GalaxyS7, but another said the update hasn’t fixed the problem for them.
AnotherAndroid Autouser went on to explain how the update has introduced another problem, also preventing them from safely making calls in the car. They explained how, if they fail to get through to someone at first, but then get through at the second time of asking, the call audio reverts to their phone instead of the car. This, they said, is “making it extremely difficult to hold a conversation and very distracting to the driver.”
Another user said they now have the same new problem, adding: “Nothing has worked to fix myAndroid Auto. I can’t make necessary calls without having to look at my screen or phone.”
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Given how many different models of smartphone are expected to work with just as many different vehicles, it perhaps isn’t too surprising to see Android Auto suffer from sporadic issues like that. That said, we hope Google can work on a fix for the latest bug soon.
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