{"id":540553,"date":"2026-03-23T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540553\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:23:12","slug":"android-auto-has-stopped-working-for-many-users-and-the-samsung-galaxy-s26-is-among-the-phones-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/540553\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Auto has stopped working for many users \u2014 and the Samsung Galaxy S26 is among the phones affected"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many users are currently experiencing Android Auto issuesGalaxy and Pixel phones are among those affectedSamsung and Google haven’t commented on the bugs yet<\/p>\n

It seems there’s a major bug (or perhaps multiple bugs) affecting Android Auto right now, with significant numbers of users reporting that they are having problems connecting their phone to their vehicle’s dashboard.<\/p>\n

Autoevolution<\/a> has a report that highlights issues with the new Samsung Galaxy S26<\/a> phones specifically: apparently connections to Android Auto simply aren’t working for these handsets for certain users, with no real clues as to why.<\/p>\n

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A comprehensive post over on Reddit<\/a> rounds up some of the complaints, with users even considering returning their phones: “There’s no way I’m keeping this phone if it doesn’t work with Android Auto,” writes one Redditor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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While we’ve had no official comment from Samsung<\/a>, some users are reporting that they have been able to get their phones working after applying the latest software patches. Others have resorted to manually installing an older version of Android Auto.<\/p>\n

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The Pixel 10 Pro is among the phones affected (Image credit: Blue Pixl Media)<\/p>\n

It’s not just the Galaxy S26 phones that are having problems with Android Auto at the moment. Another Autoevolution<\/a> article reports that Google<\/a> Pixel phone owners are having trouble too, particularly with wired connections to their dashboard.<\/p>\n

In these cases the issues appear to have started after the recent software update Google pushed out to Pixel phones this month. One theory is that the Advanced Protection security feature on these devices is blocking the Android Auto connection.<\/p>\n

There are posts<\/a> on the Android Auto help forums explaining that Android Auto won’t connect while a phone is locked \u2014 which it should do. Again, there’s been no official response from Google as of yet.<\/p>\n

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While it’s hard to gauge just how many users this is affecting, there are plenty of complaints. Let’s hope Google and Samsung are investigating, and are able to issue fixes for these problems sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

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