Infotainment Issues

[Brody919]

So I'll try to keep this as short as possible. I use Android Auto and I have noticed two consistent issues with it almost 5K miles in.

1. Sometimes when I get a warning beep while taking an exit because the truck cant find the lines or any other reason for the truck to yell at me it will reduce my audio in the way that it does when the voice comes on for directions and I will stop receiving directions. The quickest fix I have found was to initiate the vehicle nav search on steering wheel (Not through AA) so a single press vs hold, and once it comes up long press the voice assist button to cancel and music volume will go back up and I'll start getting directions again if i was using them. I have not tested to see if the issue comes when using the built in navigation because I much prefer Waze.

2. I have noticed that there are certain places I drive through that cause my wireless android auto to Timeout. however once I acknowledge the Timeout, it comes right back up without any other input from me. for a while I thought it was time based. But after driving through certain areas multiple times I have realized its location based for example 30 minutes away from the coast. It happened in the exact spot going to the beach and then returning home.

is anyone else noticing these things? I don't know if it's AA or the truck and I know the dealership is gonna tell me they cant reproduce. The only one I can replicate at the service center will be the warning beeps as I can get them for trying to resume CC without having set it yet but the other thing is just weird to me.

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[Miqie]

Are you using AA wireless or wired. I have an older Android phone that won't do AA wirelessly only wired. I asked a nephew who has a new Samsung and he uses a wired connection with AA because wireless is too buggy according to him.

 

[Taco Azul]

Fellow Oregonian here. I noticed one of these issues happens “30 minutes away from the coast”. I don’t know about you, but I always lose cell reception when I’m about 30 minutes away from the coast, passing through the mountains. That may be a factor.

 

[john877]

Going through the Maryland mountains I'll lose the connection momentarily. I do know that the wireless signal can go from good to poor to none just by rounding a curve in the road. It seems to connect back right away. Having used AA over the years I'm still convinced it very buggy software.

 

[mrgooden]

I someone's get the connection timed out, but it automatically reconnects.

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[nyydynasty]

i have not experienced any of those issues but I do have other issues with AA:

if I auto-start the truck, it wont connect via BT, which makes sense if i'm too far away. The problem is that it wont autoconnect once I'm within range. Every other car I've had, will auto connect. I need to turn the car off, open/close the door and turn it back on for it to reconnect.

 

[Brody919]

Are you using AA wireless or wired. I have an older Android phone that won't do AA wirelessly only wired. I asked a nephew who has a new Samsung and he uses a wired connection with AA because wireless is too buggy according to him.

I use wireless mainly because I hate the idea of having my phone charging constantly in the truck. its nice to be able to just leave it in my pocket.

 

[Brody919]

Fellow Oregonian here. I noticed one of these issues happens “30 minutes away from the coast”. I don’t know about you, but I always lose cell reception when I’m about 30 minutes away from the coast, passing through the mountains. That may be a factor.

I thought that too, but it just seems strange seeing as how its supposed to be a Bluetooth connection but maybe its because the truck loses service for a quick second. if i was just using my phone my music and navigation wouldn't crash out like that

 

[Brody919]

Going through the Maryland mountains I'll lose the connection momentarily. I do know that the wireless signal can go from good to poor to none just by rounding a curve in the road. It seems to connect back right away. Having used AA over the years I'm still convinced it very buggy software.

It is def buggy software, and some of the apps feel downgraded from what you would get on just the phone. its got so much potential though

 

[Brody919]

i have not experienced any of those issues but I do have other issues with AA:

if I auto-start the truck, it wont connect via BT, which makes sense if i'm too far away. The problem is that it wont autoconnect once I'm within range. Every other car I've had, will auto connect. I need to turn the car off, open/close the door and turn it back on for it to reconnect.

Mine will auto connect sometimes as I walk up to it but most of the time if I was out of range I just hop in go to settings and manually connect it before driving off.

 

[brentbba]

No issues with connection so far. AA doesn't want to let me voice dial. Shoot, my 11 year old Prius could do that! I have an older Samsung S21. A little research...do I need the Google voice app?

 

[Brody919]

No issues with connection so far. AA doesn't want to let me voice dial. Shoot, my 11 year old Prius could do that! I have an older Samsung S21. A little research...do I need the Google voice app?

If you are using AA and you want to use the voice assist for it you have to long press the button on the steering wheel. a single tap just interfaces with the Toyota side of things.

 

[JayT1989]

So I'll try to keep this as short as possible. I use Android Auto and I have noticed two consistent issues with it almost 5K miles in.

1. Sometimes when I get a warning beep while taking an exit because the truck cant find the lines or any other reason for the truck to yell at me it will reduce my audio in the way that it does when the voice comes on for directions and I will stop receiving directions. The quickest fix I have found was to initiate the vehicle nav search on steering wheel (Not through AA) so a single press vs hold, and once it comes up long press the voice assist button to cancel and music volume will go back up and I'll start getting directions again if i was using them. I have not tested to see if the issue comes when using the built in navigation because I much prefer Waze.

2. I have noticed that there are certain places I drive through that cause my wireless android auto to Timeout. however once I acknowledge the Timeout, it comes right back up without any other input from me. for a while I thought it was time based. But after driving through certain areas multiple times I have realized its location based for example 30 minutes away from the coast. It happened in the exact spot going to the beach and then returning home.

is anyone else noticing these things? I don't know if it's AA or the truck and I know the dealership is gonna tell me they cant reproduce. The only one I can replicate at the service center will be the warning beeps as I can get them for trying to resume CC without having set it yet but the other thing is just weird to me.

I get the volume issue occasionally in my Subaru with AA auto wireless. To fix it, I long press the button to active Android assistant then press again to cancel and it reverts to the proper volume.

 

[brentbba]

If you are using AA and you want to use the voice assist for it you have to long press the button on the steering wheel. a single tap just interfaces with the Toyota side of things.

Phone symbol or head speaking? I'd think the later. I'll give it a try!

 

[Kielly]

Are you signalling when exiting on the ramp? When I signal my truck will ignore losing the lanes until I'm in the next lane. Only time it beeps at me is when it loses sight of one of the lanes on a shitty, crappy painted road.

I also don't have that issue with AA. Could possibly be your truck, maybe others will have the same issues.

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