{"id":179,"date":"2022-03-19T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/android-auto-gains-new-diagnostic-tool-to-help-battle-bad-usb-cables\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T17:36:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:36:54","slug":"android-auto-gains-new-diagnostic-tool-to-help-battle-bad-usb-cables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/android-auto-gains-new-diagnostic-tool-to-help-battle-bad-usb-cables\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Auto gains new diagnostic tool to help battle bad USB cables"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source-title\">Android Auto gains new diagnostic tool to help battle bad USB cables<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-text\">\n<div id=\"review-body\">\n<p>Google\u2019s latest update to the Android Auto app (version 7.5.121104) brings a new USB Startup Diagnostic tool that tells users if their connection cable is faulty. The new tool automatically checks whether data transfers between connected phones and the car\u2019s infotainment are functioning properly and will send a message if it detects any issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/03\/android-auto-faulty-usb-cables\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_001.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Android Auto USB Startup Diagnostic tool\" width=\"230\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/22\/03\/android-auto-faulty-usb-cables\/inline\/-x500\/gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/22\/03\/android-auto-faulty-usb-cables\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_002.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Android Auto USB Startup Diagnostic tool\" width=\"230\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/22\/03\/android-auto-faulty-usb-cables\/inline\/-x500\/gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Android Auto USB Startup Diagnostic tool<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s support page also recommends you use the bundled USB cable that came with your phone. Google also suggests said cables should ideally be under 1m in length and adheres to the USB-IF standard. You should also skip out on using USB hubs, cable adapters or extensions. You can check out the feature by going to the Android Auto app\u2019s connection help menu. The new diagnostic feature will follow a gradual rollout schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/biu7BNMeoe\">Source<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MishaalRahman\/status\/1504182131714625536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1504182131714625536%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Fandroid-auto-will-help-you-find-out-if-you-are-using-a-faulty-usb-cable%2F\">Via<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"source-image\">https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/22\/03\/android-auto-faulty-usb-cables\/-952x498w6\/gsmarena_000.jpg<\/div>\n<div class=\"source-link\">https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/android_auto_gains_new_diagnostic_tool_to_help_battle_bad_usb_cables-news-53624.php?rand=119<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android Auto gains new diagnostic tool to help battle bad USB cables Google\u2019s latest update to the Android Auto app (version 7.5.121104) brings a new USB Startup Diagnostic tool that tells users if their connection cable is faulty. The new tool automatically checks whether data transfers between connected phones and the car\u2019s infotainment are functioning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pr.gagadget.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}