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Being able to speak loudly with the Google Assistant while driving is a huge plus. Not only do you not lose your attention from the road, but you do not need to interact with the screen of the browser or your mobile and you can carry out actions without letting go of the wheel. The only problem is that this wizard fails. Something that seems to have started to do after the last Android Auto update. Once again Google's driving experience tarnishes after an updateAnd it starts to be a constant.
According to different sources, several users have started to complain about a bug in version 5.7 of Android Auto This version has just started appear on the Google Play Store in different markets, in a scaled process as usual with Google launches. Well, it is already causing problems for users who want to interact with the Google Assistant while driving and cannot. Basically because this assistant is not responding. It's like I'm not there.
The problem lies in a bug that prevents the Google Assistant from reacting when clicking on the microphone icon. Or by saying out loud "OK Google" to invoke it. The result is the usual beep of this function but not the hearing of the assistant. And, since he doesn't listen, he doesn't do anything either. It's basically being a pretty useless wizard for those users who have run into the bug
How to solve it
This problem seems to be related to something new or changed in the aforementioned version 5.7 of Android Auto. Which means that either we wait for a new version that corrects this problem, or we decide to go back to a previous version. For the first solution you just have to wait for a new update to appear in Google Play Store soon. Although without a definite date. Which could be delayed even weeks.
The second solution is to uninstall Android Auto and download a previous version. To do this we can go through the applications repository APKMirror, where different versions of the same application are stored. Here we have selected a version prior to 5.7 to save the problem and continue using Android Auto as before. You might miss out on some new stuff, but you'll also have a fully functional app.
To install this old version of Android Auto, click on this link and accept the download. Then select the downloaded apk file to install it. If this is the first time you are installing an app from outside the Google Play Store, you may need to enable the Unknown Sources feature on your phone to give permission for this action . And it is that it is always a risk to install files that have not been filtered by Google, so you must do this at your own risk. Of course, APKMirror is the reference for secure repositories on the Internet, so you shouldn't run into any problems.
With this, a screen will ask you to accept the installation, which will only take a few seconds. Just like downloading Android Auto directly from the Google Play Store.After that, it will be installed and you will be able to use the application as usual. Of course, you will have to go through the configuration process again in your car And it is as if you installed the application on your mobile from scratch.
As of this moment the problems with the Google Assistant should be solved. Basically it will be going back to the past, avoiding the last update that included the bug for which the Google Assistant did not work in Android Auto.
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