Samsung owners who updated to One UI 9 and found Android Auto refusing to connect to their car should see it start working again soon. Google says a fix for the problem is already rolling out.
Users who installed One UI 9, which is based on Android 17, reported that their phones either would not link to the car at all or kept dropping the connection. Switching from wireless to a cable did not help. Phones still on One UI 8.5 did not show the fault in tests, which pointed at the new update as the likely cause.
What Google said
An account tied to the Android Auto team had already acknowledged the complaints. Google has now told Android Authority that the fix is deployed. A spokesperson described it as covering an “Android 17 / One UI 9” issue, and said it may not have reached every device yet but “the issue should be resolved soon”.
Google gave no version number for the fix, and it did not say whether it arrives as an Android Auto app update, a Play services change or a server-side switch. That leaves owners with no way to tell whether they already have it.
The site’s roundup of user accounts called One UI 9 a likely culprit but not a definitive one. Owners who still have the problem will have to wait for the rollout to reach them.
Android Auto lets a phone show maps, music and notifications on a car’s dashboard screen, so a connection that fails or drops mid-drive removes those features entirely. Android Authority notes that updates breaking some part of the Android Auto experience have become a familiar complaint, which is why a quick acknowledgement from Google counts for something here.
