Facing a weird issue with my car's Android Auto system

I had the issue in my earlier Skoda Rapid as well as on the current Maruti S-Cross.

BHPian vshankarhere recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

I seem to be facing a weird issue with Android Auto. Whenever I connect my phone to the HU via Android Auto and play music, the audio is routed through the car's speakers. Perfectly fine. When I initiate or get a call while the music is getting played, the call audio is routed through to the car's speakers. Perfectly fine. But the moment the call is over and the music play resumes, the audio is routed to the phone's speakers rather than the car's. This is extremely irritating. I have to disconnect and connect the phone once again to get the audio routed back to the car's speakers.

I have this issue in both my earlier Skoda Rapid's OEM RCD system and my current S-Cross' Blaupunkt New York 750. I have a Redmi Note 9 Pro running Android 11. I tried to check the same with my wife's OnePlus 7T and faced the same issue. Whereas when I connect my other iPhone with CarPlay, it is flawless!

I did google the issue and found a few posts in Android Auto's support page where most people had faced this issue with Android 10 but Android 11 seems to have corrected this. But not for me. Does anyone else face this issue?

Here's what BHPian neofromcapone had to say on the matter:

I was facing something similar, Bluetooth music was playing perfectly.

Cell phone Audio was not getting through. Tried unpairing and re-paired, no difference.

Some problem when the phone was connected via Android Auto too.

I checked online, nothing. Removed the battery for 30 mins and reconnected.

No difference.

Took it to my neighbourhood car accessory guy, removed the HU and did a hard reset, by pressing the button on the rear of the HU. Everything was back on.

Try and see if it works for you.

Here's what BHPian ananthacharya had to say on the matter:

Had this issue for years together, tried a lot of solutions posted online but none worked. I know its a lot to ask from Google to support so many phones and so many HUDs, but the base software on both sides should have at least these basic issues resolved. Finally moved to Apple CarPlay and none of these issues surfaced again!

Here's what BHPian Ashtoncastelino had to say on the matter:

What you can do is try to reset the app (Android Auto) entirely and start afresh. See if that would help it. Considering you were not facing issues previously, AFAIK it should fix the issue.

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