Android Auto to Finally Let Users Pick SIM Card While Placing Calls: Report

Android Auto is lastly receiving help for dual-SIM smartphones within the type of an replace to the app, as per a person report. Android Auto lets customers join their telephones to suitable autos that help the software program to position calls, stream music, and entry different apps through the display screen on the automotive head unit. Google appears to be updating the Android Auto app to work correctly with dual-SIM gadgets, fixing a bug that has existed because the service was launched in 2015. This will make it simpler for customers to position a name whereas driving.

While Google has been updating Android Auto with helpful options and performance over the previous six years, the app has had one main inconvenience for customers with dual-SIM smartphones. Users with dual-SIM telephones who tried to position calls through Android Auto wouldn’t be capable of decide the SIM they wish to use to position the decision. Android Auto would routinely choose the default SIM. But a Reddit person has now spotted that the newest model of Android Auto has lastly resolved this problem, asking customers to choose a SIM whereas putting calls from a dual-SIM telephone.

An picture of the Android Auto twin SIM picker shared by a Reddit person
Photo Credit: Reddit/ abhi050291

Attempting to position a name will now apparently current a pop-up asking the person to choose between SIM 1 and SIM 2, resolving a problem that has existed since 2015 when the service was launched. The replace was anticipated earlier this 12 months after Google reportedly stated a repair was coming in September, however the repair lastly seems to be rolling out now.

Users who replace to the newest model of Android Auto from Google Play (or model 7.1.614554) would possibly be capable of acquire entry to the brand new dual-SIM help on Android Auto, primarily based on info shared by the person. The Reddit submit mentions that the person is enrolled within the beta program, so it’s doable that the repair dpes not instantly roll out to customers even when they’ve up to date to the newest model of the app.