Android Auto gains new diagnostic tool to help battle bad USB cables

18 March 2022
The feature will tell you if your USB cable is faulty.

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  • 20 Mar 2022

Anon, 19 Mar 2022I prefer a cable connection because my phone isn't run... moreThat's also why some cars have wireless charging.

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    • 19 Mar 2022

    Anonymous, 19 Mar 2022Having to plug in phone every time you use a car is such a ... moreI prefer a cable connection because my phone isn't running down its battery when it's plugged in.

      Anonymous, 19 Mar 2022Having to plug in phone every time you use a car is such a ... moreOr buy the new $90 motorola dongle like I did to add the functionality. Also, don't blame Google for lack of Wireless Android Auto support, blame the car makers.

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          • 19 Mar 2022

          Having to plug in phone every time you use a car is such a stupid idea, which is why I never ever bothered to even try any of this. Which also makes use of cable redundant. Just use wireless connection for it if you have to. As for old cars with old Android Auto on board, they'll never get this feature anyways, per Android's tradition of leaving you behind. Buy new car, just like you have to buy new phone for pretty much every Android version "update".

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            • 19 Mar 2022

            My usb cable seems to magicly get fixed when I reboot the phone.
            Seems that unplugging the device while in use temporarily breaks the cable until the phone is rebooted

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              • 19 Mar 2022

              Anonymous, 18 Mar 2022Unnecessary solution for a problem that does exist. what?

                This is actually a really good feature.
                They should include this in all products, like on your Android Phone and Android TV, everytime you plug in the charger, Hub, or HDMI it gives you a tick to let you know the connection was established strongly. And if it doesn't meet the criteria, it should display that as well "poor cable quality" and in some instances stop the connection. This is the sort of innovations and improvements I want from software updates, instead of more bloat or Change-for-the-sake-of-Change updates.

                ...what this would do would be to stop people buying really cheap cables, and stopping eWaste. So those companies will either close down, or they will have to adapt and make their cables safer and higher quality. It is very dangerous now with USB-C (3.0) cables, and the matter is most affecting HDMI 1.4 cables.

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                  • 7kk
                  • 18 Mar 2022

                  Less than 1m hmmm

                    Nice

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                      • 18 Mar 2022

                      Unnecessary solution for a problem that does exist.

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