IntelliTechs · Oct 05, 2026
If your phone runs Android 9 or 10 and you use wired Android Auto, it still works for now: Google hasn't said when the cutoff lands.
According to Android Police, the warning has been showing up on car dashboards, and the reports come from Reddit users.
Per Pocket-lint and How-To Geek, Google's support pages still list Android 9 as the minimum for wired Android Auto and Android 11 for wireless.
Estimates differ. Android Police puts Android 10 at about 4.1% of Android users with Android 9 at a similar share, under 10% combined.
Nobody knows, but history offers a clue. According to autoevolution, Google quietly dropped Android 8 from wired Android Auto between June and July 2024 by updating its requirements page.
How-To Geek mentions other routes for people who don't want a new phone: flashing a custom ROM such as LineageOS, which can bring bugs and security risks, or using a dash mount with the…
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