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Users with Android 10 phones are receiving warnings that Android Auto will soon stop working on their devices. According to Android Authority, these alerts suggest Google may raise the minimum Android Auto requirement for wired connections to Android 11. Currently, Google's support pages list Android 9 Pie as the minimum for wired Android Auto.
In the past, Google has dropped support for older Android versions, such as Android 8 Oreo and older devices in 2022, and then moved the minimum to Android 9 Pie in 2024. Android 10 users are now seeing notifications indicating that their phones will no longer be supported, with a warning that Android Auto will stop working due to the inability to update to the required Android version.
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