Android Auto transfers your phone’s apps to the car’s screen and allows the user to access features such as navigation and music without distractions and with full focus on driving. Android Auto, despite having various applications for playing content, has a very strange deficiency for years and does not offer the possibility of playing local files connected to the car. Anyway, good news is coming, because Google will probably fix this problem soon.
Android Auto allows the user to play music stored on their phone or stream them online. However, it is not possible to play music stored on a USB connected to it, and Android Auto cannot access them. In such a situation, you should exit Android Auto and use your car’s default entertainment system.
According to the website 9to5Google, Android Auto will soon provide the possibility to control the car’s AM and FM radio. In addition, apparently, Google intends to provide the possibility of playing local music files connected to Android Auto.
An autopsy of the APK file of Android Auto version 12.8 shows that it will support playing local files. The text string related to this service is as follows:
It is possible that Google will add the new Android Auto feature to this application in the next update. It is not yet clear how the ability to play local music will be implemented. Also, we don’t know if using the new feature will require an update to the car’s system or not.
