Android Auto has become a trend today. This is due to its situation regarding the arrival of Android 12, which means the end of Google’s navigation system on mobiles that receive the new version of the operating system, although it is not the only thing the company has to worry about. American…
The company has already confirmed that the driving software would continue alive and well in the rest of the devices that do not have the update. This implies a commitment to the maintenance and operation of the application. It seemed that everything was in order after the announcement of the news that will land soon, but users have reported a fairly frequent error that comes to be a real annoyance and that joins the list of Android Auto problems.
YouTube Music like it or not
Since the disappearance of Google Play Music , the alternative chosen by the big G for both smartphones and the vehicle itself when using the application is YouTube Music . Still, most of the users prefer other tools like Spotify. According to the theories of some of them, the titanic search company would be employing quite questionable strategies so that the YouTube option becomes the preferred one.
A bug was discovered a few days ago by those who use Android Auto and reported numerous times in the Google forums. The issue in question makes YouTube Music the default music player app no matter how much any other is set.
Basically, this means that, even if another player is manually configured in Google Assistant, overnight the setting disappears and the configuration is fixed again in the company’s own software.
A martyrdom without solution
It may seem silly, but this error makes listening to music a headache , since when trying to start the player, the navigation software always chooses YouTube Music. In addition to recommending the subscription to the app countless times to get full access to all its features without any limitation.
This can cause distractions while driving, since starting a software other than our favorite alternative leads us to try to select the correct option. For this reason, it is extremely important not to shift while the vehicle is in motion .
Despite the conspiracies of a sector of affected users who think that it is an intentional problem by Google itself, it is most likely that it only has to do with a failure in the way in which the Assistant controls the default settings.
That is why it is to be expected that certain corrections will be executed in the form of updates during the following days to prevent this problem from affecting a greater number of users. At the moment, the company has not manifested itself as far as Android Auto is concerned, but it is usually attentive to what happens in its forum , so it is a matter of time before it is fixed.