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Gary Attaway (not verified)    September 16, 2019 - 9:31PM

We have had our 2019 RAV4 Hybrid about a month and its an amazing vehicle and I just keep finding things that I like about it - except no Android Auto. We were also told that it would get Android Auto as an update late this year. Hopefully that will happen. However here is a work around that is almost as good - purchase a used iPhone (make sure its new enough to get the upcoming iOS 13 update). You can then hot-spot your android phone and connect your iPhone to it. Then you can use the Apple Carplay to get google maps, amazon music, plex, etc on your car screen. This actually works pretty well. The only downside (besides not being android auto) is when CarPlay is connected it will disconnect all Bluetooth devices. Which means you can't use the car audio system for a blue tooth phone call on your Android. That is not a big deal for me - I just use my bluetooth ear piece for calls.
Anyway this is holding me over pretty well until Android auto hopefully gets here. To save data I download my google maps route and play lists on my home wifi before leaving. If you do this you don't even have to hot-spot your Android. Hope this helps someone!

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