Are there any issues with Android Auto? If you report them to their official support forums, the first thing they will ask you is: share bug report.This is now more at your fingertips than ever before.

You could already create bug reports by long-pressing the clock in the bar or car, but now a new button To do this from the Android Auto settings on the mobile device.

New button in Android Auto

You report a bug on the Android Auto forums and the first official response will normally be from us. Send us a bug report So they can investigate what went wrong with a message like:

Thank you for reporting this issue. It would be great if you could send us an error report from your phone to help us diagnose the cause of the issue. We will send you an email with instructions on how to file an error report. Reply directly to the email with your information.

Creating a bug report is not complicated, but as Google explains, it requires us to enable Android Auto developer options and also mobile developer options. To put it bluntly, this is a nonsense: what if You can do the same with a button?

And in fact, it is now possible. A little “trick” of Android Auto is that when we hold down the clock in the system tray, an error report is generated. Of course, this is of no use to us if the problem is that the system is interrupted and nothing is displayed in the car. For this, it came new A new button in Android Auto settings.

Before and now

It is called Create error report and you will find it clearly visible in the Android Auto settings: at the top. This new menu appeared in the Android Auto 12.5 beta without the need to enable Android Auto developer options first.

When you press it, it does exactly what it promises: an error report will start to be generatedYou can follow its progress from the notification that appears on your mobile phone. The process takes some time, and Google recommends that you do this shortly after or just before the error occurs to include more useful information.

When finished, a Error report in ZIP file format You can share the error with Google so they can investigate. These error reports can contain private information, so it’s best to share them via email rather than publicly where anyone can download them.

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