Help! Android Auto keeps dropping wifi connection

[MetalCord]

What I believe is now true is that Android Auto may initially connect via BT, but then negotiates a wifi hotspot connection with the car for higher bandwidth. I have been troubleshooting my own AA connection and saw wifi on, turned it off, and then lost AA.

This is true but your context maybe incorrect IF I understand what you're saying. "Wireless app projection" (which must be enabled for wireless AA) requires a direct wifi connection to the car to function. Bluetooth only sends audio. Once more specific data is required, like with using wireless android auto, bluetooth is still used for phone calls but it needs direct wifi connection for the apps to function. This is why turning off wifi breaks WIRELESS android auto. It's not either/or... wireless android auto requires BOTH bluetooth and wifi.

If that was just a much more long-winded version of what you were saying, i apologize for the confusion!

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[MetalCord]

My Pixel 9 Pro also drops the wireless connection when I drive in the same area 70% of the time. It reconnects within 25 seconds. Odd.

It has to be interference of some kind. My commute is mostly rural with a small town urban environment to get to my office. As soon as I enter the town, AA loses connection in two spots. I suspect that I'm getting interference from a few businesses I drive past. OR, someone has a misaligned microwave dish aimed at that section of road!

 

[rhfritz]

This is true but your context maybe incorrect IF I understand what you're saying. "Wireless app projection" (which must be enabled for wireless AA) requires a direct wifi connection to the car to function. Bluetooth only sends audio. Once more specific data is required, like with using wireless android auto, bluetooth is still used for phone calls but it needs direct wifi connection for the apps to function. This is why turning off wifi breaks WIRELESS android auto. It's not either/or... wireless android auto requires BOTH bluetooth and wifi.

If that was just a much more long-winded version of what you were saying, i apologize for the confusion!

I hadn't known the detail that Wireless AA also required BT. What I don't understand is that I sometimes get better results with wireless AA than with wired. If I'm navigating with AA, I want my phone plugged in since the charging pad isn't good at keeping up. But if I use the wired connection, sometimes it drops. And in frustration, I have to unplug the cable and wait for a wireless connection to establish.

I travel a fair amount and have driven many, many make/model of rental cars. And they all handle AA with my phone much more reliably than my MME.

 

[Bluestang]

I have a s23 ultra and a 24 Premium job 1. My phone drops AA constantly. Now i get a message to connect usb for AA. Girlfriends S24 ultra connects and works fine. Stepsons Iphone 13 also connects without issues. I did a reset of network settings on my phone and connected fresh. Phone set up but dropped wireless connection right away. I really don't want to do a factory reset on my phone. Dealer updated software in car and i updated software on phone. Any ideas as to what i could try?

 

[rhfritz]

I go through periods where my s24 does this. I just delete my phone from the car and re-pair it. And when I do, sometimes I'll not enable wireless AA right away, just leaving it BT. I never have this problem on any other car. Ford is a car company first, software company last. And it's not going to get better any time soon.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/ford-cuts-connected-vehicle-software-jobs.45788/

 

[Bluestang]

Restarting radio and phone will usually give me 5 min of AA. S24 stays connected.

 

[Schwartzcynthia]

I have the S25 Ultra and have never had this problem. That would be annoying. I hope you find a fix!

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