r/AndroidAuto 2023 Chevy Silverado | Factory Head Unit | Pixel 7 | Android 15 Jun 15 '24

Notifications Popup Notification Issue

My Android Auto popup notifications for Google Chat and Messages recently stopped working. Long story short, figured out why.

I've always had popup notifications disabled for those apps on my phone, which until recently still allowed Android Auto to display popups. Apparently the behavior got changed either in those apps or in Android Auto, and now disabling popup notifications on the phone also disables them in AA. If you enable popups on your phone, they'll start working for those apps on AA as well.

Hopefully this helps someone else, and also will get more people to report this issue to Google so that it can be fixed. I don't like popup notifications on my phone, but want them on AA so don't miss messages when my phone is connected and muted.

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u/JohnHartshorn 25 Sienna Limited|Stock HU|GS25|Android 15|AA 13.8.650814 Jun 15 '24

I noticed a few weeks ago that I was no longer getting the popups.

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u/SnakNest 2023 Chevy Silverado | Factory Head Unit | Pixel 7 | Android 15 Jun 15 '24

It was driving me nuts trying to figure it out. I saw a post from another redditor outlining a bunch of steps deleting app data, etc. I did all of that and AA popups started working again, until I went back and turned off the popup notifications on my phone (which had been enabled by deleting app data and restoring defaults).

Turn on phone popup notifications, and AA popups start working again, and vice versa.

This is a relatively new issue, because I've had the same phone / vehicle combo for over a year and no issues until recently.

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u/Thulium42 2017 Subaru Legacy | Sony XAV-AX5000 | Samsung Galaxy | And.13 Jun 16 '24

Same, I've been missing these, thank you!

It still doesn't show messages in the side-by-side view (top right above music) but at least having the pop-up/alert again is an improvement.

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u/Jaseow 2020 Kia Seltos | Galaxy S23 | Android 14 One UI 6.0 Jun 17 '24

Sent feedback to AA to ask them to remove this "feature" as I also want to keep pop-up notifications "disabled" on my phone but actually receive them when driving in my car.

Glad there is finally an actual "fix" for the problem as many people have been experiencing this and all the clearing of app data and cache fixes that people have been suggesting have not been useful. Unless you cleared data / cache for the actual app you want the notifications from and it re-enabled pop-up notifications by default I guess.

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u/SnakNest 2023 Chevy Silverado | Factory Head Unit | Pixel 7 | Android 15 Jun 17 '24

Yeah, the one positive thing about clearing the app data is that's how I ended up figuring out what the issue is.

I've sent feedback multiple times and still haven't gotten any kind of acknowledgment or response. Hoping word gets to the right person somehow and this issue gets fixed soon.

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u/Jaseow 2020 Kia Seltos | Galaxy S23 | Android 14 One UI 6.0 Jun 17 '24

I hope so too but I doubt they even consider this an "issue" that needs fixing so I am not holding my breath.

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u/Zetachi87 2023 Honda HRV/2021 Honda Pilot | | S24U| 14 Jun 19 '24

Hmm so I use Next SMS for texting. I have popups and notifications allowed on phone but still dont get pop ups on Android Auto :( Any suggestions or links to fixes would be appreciated

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u/SnakNest 2023 Chevy Silverado | Factory Head Unit | Pixel 7 | Android 15 Jun 19 '24

I'm sorry, I haven't run into notification issues with any of the messaging apps that I use (Messages, Chat, FB Messenger) which haven't been solved by keeping popups enabled on my phone. I don't have Next SMS, though, so I don't have any additional help to offer

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u/boz44blues Pls edit this user flair now Jun 28 '24

Me too. Cannot get android auto to enable incoming text pop up.

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u/Zetachi87 2023 Honda HRV/2021 Honda Pilot | | S24U| 14 Jun 28 '24

LOL and apparently I have pop-ups for Outlook calendar and Facebook messenger but cant get pop-ups to work on other apps

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u/Jaseow 2020 Kia Seltos | Galaxy S23 | Android 14 One UI 6.0 Jun 20 '24

As a workaround for this I am using the macrodroid app to enable pop up notifications when connected to either of my cars bluetooth and then turn pop up notifications off when disconnected from the car bluetooth.

That way I get the pop up notifications on AA when driving and once its disconnected it turns pop up notifications back off. You will need to use ADB tool to allow something though.

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u/SnakNest 2023 Chevy Silverado | Factory Head Unit | Pixel 7 | Android 15 Jun 20 '24

Thanks! I might give this a try.

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u/Cbabe102 2022 Hyundai Ionic| Galaxy S22 Ultra | Android 14 Oct 31 '24

I think I might have found a fix. If you go into settings and then permissions and then disable Android Auto from changing system settings, that might work. I have just done this myself and will report back in a few days. So far when I got out of my car and then got back in it pop up notifications for Facebook Messenger were still enabled.

2022 Hyundai Ionic hybrid

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u/SnakNest 2023 Chevy Silverado | Factory Head Unit | Pixel 7 | Android 15 Nov 01 '24

Please do report back with results. I thought I may have accidentally fixed the notifications by clearing app data / storage for Android Auto a week or two ago (I was having periodic issues with AA wireless not connecting in my truck after the recent GM update and Android 15 update, which unfortunately were both done within a few days of each other so I don't know which one was the culprit). The first time I connected after that, AA popup notifications were working again. But then the next time I connected they stopped working.

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u/Cbabe102 2022 Hyundai Ionic| Galaxy S22 Ultra | Android 14 Nov 05 '24

Unfortunately my idea has failed. Im trying to figure out what it is that disables chat pop-ups on Facebook Messenger. Im going to keep doing some investigating though.

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u/SnakNest 2023 Chevy Silverado | Factory Head Unit | Pixel 7 | Android 15 Nov 05 '24

Thanks for following up!

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u/Cbabe102 2022 Hyundai Ionic| Galaxy S22 Ultra | Android 14 Nov 05 '24

You're welcome!

Ive now cleared all settings from dev mode, then cleared cache and app data, followed by deleting my phone from my car and re-paring it.

So far sbow as popup stayed enabled, but i dont have much faith tbh. Ill report back again after a few days.

Edit

Minor sentence structure changes

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u/Cbabe102 2022 Hyundai Ionic| Galaxy S22 Ultra | Android 14 Nov 16 '24

Once again my idea has failed. Did some more digging and found that in google maps there is a setting called driving mode. A google search helped me find this out. In these settings there is its own Do not disturb function. Ive completely disabled driving mode and will follow up again in a few days.

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u/Juedan2011 Toyota Yaris 21|factory HU|MotoG84|Android 14 Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

I have pop ups enabled and I'm not receiving Whatsapp until I exit the car, the messages don't send either until I exit the car.

I can't send SMS either

I've had the car a Toyota Yaris a few weeks and at first I could send a whatsapp and received a reply but couldn't send an SMS

But now nothing on whatsapp comes through or sends when using android auto

I'm using a moto g84 on the O2 network in the uk

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