# Plexamp 4.6.0 Android Auto Broken

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp, android-auto\
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000 "2022-12-01T18:35:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Teiresias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Teiresias](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Teiresias)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/1 "2022-12-01T18:35:31Z")

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After updating to 4.6.0 the Android Auto display no longer changes album art when the track changes, after being plugged into the AA USB the Home Tab stops populating only showing the spinning loading signal on the phone and a “No Items” (or something like that) notice on the car display.

Others are seeing the album art change affect the phone Now Playing display tool. All are requiring a phone restart to fix.

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**Author:** ![e10kstarfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/e10kstarfire/32/259675_2.png) [@e10kstarfire](https://forums.plex.tv/u/e10kstarfire)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/2 "2022-12-01T19:08:21Z")

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> [@Teiresias](#):
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> after being plugged into the AA USB the Home Tab stops populating only showing the spinning loading signal on the phone and a “No Items” (or something like that) notice on the car display.

Me too 😐

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/3 "2022-12-01T19:47:39Z")

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We’re looking into it!

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**Author:** ![michael\_mcglynn\_protonmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@michael\_mcglynn\_protonmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/michael_mcglynn_protonmail_com)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/4 "2022-12-01T21:25:35Z")

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Also, donwloads no longer appears on android auto, so there is no way to access on device media on android!

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**Author:** ![ChaosBlades](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chaosblades/32/3877_2.png) [@ChaosBlades](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChaosBlades)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/5 "2022-12-02T23:58:04Z")

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After disconnecting from Android Auto the app is more or less completely broken. Home won’t load at all and nothing will play and you can’t change track. Only way to fix it is to Force Stop the app and reopen it.

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/6 "2022-12-03T04:58:12Z")

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Next release fixes.

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**Author:** ![MKH1972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MKH1972](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MKH1972)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/7 "2022-12-05T18:47:30Z")

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It’s fixed, kinda, now it does not display the artwork for the current song. Oneplus 10 pro / 4.6.1

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**Author:** ![SamFromPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/samfromplex/32/105296_2.png) [@SamFromPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SamFromPlex)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/8 "2022-12-05T20:14:43Z")

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Is it just the art that doesn’t udpate? i.e. do the titles update @MKH1972?

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**Author:** ![MKH1972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MKH1972](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MKH1972)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/9 "2022-12-05T20:37:07Z")

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Yeah, it’s just the artwork thst comes up missing (and thus the blurry background is also missing) , titles updates just fine now…

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**Author:** ![SamFromPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/samfromplex/32/105296_2.png) [@SamFromPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SamFromPlex)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/10 "2022-12-05T21:15:35Z")

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Will look into it

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**Author:** ![ussalin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ussalin/32/297064_2.png) [@ussalin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ussalin)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/11 "2022-12-05T21:37:15Z")

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Well, honestly this problem has existed for a while now, personally I solved it with a task that opens Plexamp when entering Android Auto

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**Author:** ![MKH1972](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@MKH1972](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MKH1972)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/12 "2022-12-06T08:05:49Z")

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Well, this morning my artwork was back…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-4-6-0-android-auto-broken/821000/13 "2023-03-06T08:06:07Z")

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