Developer brings Android Auto back to phone screens

A third-party developer is building PhoneAuto, an app that runs Android Auto directly on a phone's display via the head unit server developer mode. Google ended phone-screen support in 2022, limiting Android Auto to car displays. The beta is sideloadable from GitHub and expires in January, with a Play Store release expected before then.

• PhoneAuto uses head unit server mode to run Android Auto on-device
• Google dropped Android Auto on phone screens in 2022
• Beta is sideloaded from GitHub and expires in January
• Landscape mode works on Galaxy Z Fold 8, portrait mode lags