I'm having a couple of small issues with Android Auto in my Superb. 

 

When I start the infotainment up it automatically links to my phone and starts playing music from my Spotify by default. I prefer to have the DAB radio on and use Android Auto and Spotify on when I choose. Does anyone know how to change this?

 

I also have a message pops up on the infotainment screen saying my phone has been disconnected from Android Auto when I drive into my road. What's that about? 

on your phone if you go into Android Auto Settings there is a slider to Start Media Automatically. Is that on ?
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Thanks, Aubrey. 

 

I've changed that setting, I'll see if that sorts the issue when I go out in my car later.

That worked and stopped Android Auto automatically playing my Spotify through my car stereo.

 

Android Auto is automatically switching on wifi on my phone when I get in my car. Do I need this to use wireless connection to my car? I think the message about my phone disconnecting from my car when I drive into my road is when my phone reconnects to my home wifi.

Yes, my AA does the same. I'm using wireless AA and I do believe that uses Wifi and Bluetooth. I often get issues with phone calls and AA switching to my personal Bluetooth headphones at home, when the wife has the car,  and onto the home WiFi network as I pull into my drive.

TBH it's just something I've got used to when I'm on top of my house.

AA may well operate differently if your phone is USB cable connected to your head unit.

Glad the media playing issue sorted out.

Since Monday, I'm intermittently getting some sort of connection error to Android auto. The phone is connected, I can take and make calls. I get some odd error messages and I can't get any apps to work - in fact I just get a black screen for android auto. At which point, you can only clear that by total reboot, ie by stopping the car, getting out, and locking it for a while. Killing the connection at the phone end (putting it in aeroplane mode) is no help- the car thinks it's still connected.

 

All of which is annoying as the commute home is usually assisted by Google maps nav, and music streaming service.

 

Anyone else had this? I got a new phone at the start of the month but its been trouble free up to the last few days. 

What car system are you using with Android Auto ?  I had loads of issues with the factory Bolero unit. It kept dropping the AA connection. So annoying when your driving with GoogleMaps and then it goes. I did all the get new usb cables, phone reinstalls etc. Looking back when I first got the Yeti in 2019, I paid for the SmartLink activation and AA did work fine, so why it all just started to play up after a few years was odd. I did suspect some firmware issue, was it my phone with its own OS and AA updates. All I knew is the oem Bolaro setup with Smartlink became unreliable.

 

In the end I replaced the infotainment unit with an AliExpress double din android unit, one of the more expensive ones as I wanted to avoid any lagging or poor screen resolution models. I still use AA, now even wirelessly and I've had no issues since.

Touch wood, 'forgetting' the phone and repairing it seems to have resolved. New fandangled oneUI7 doesn't, apparently, tell you anymore when its pushing an update, I suspect it might have wobbled after one of those pushed. 

@SuperbGrey did your connection also drop audio for random reason while phone calls were still working? I have had same issues since i switched to S25U/OneUI7. Sometimes either audio or phone is only working, sometimes the car infotainment just crashes and reboots. Most annoyingly it just refuses to connect while it was working just fine 5 minutes ago when i went to the shop.

I have a personal phone and a work phone. The issue did reappear, probably a few times now. If the car boots up and its decided its not going to work this time... android auto is cooked (it just unresponsively black screens on that tab of the display) on both phones til you lock the car and walk away.

A little more testing reveals it is indeed the s25 causing the issue. Work provide an A series phone and that runs reliably. Ive relinquished use of streaming music use during the work week, it burns too much data on the work phone even on low rate settings. I'd rather have waze be available every time.

What next? I don't know. Skoda and google/ Samsung are in a position to point at each other at this point, if you were to complain about it. Fortunately its only annoying, rather than disastrous. Hope it gets sorted tho!