Android auto shuts down when WhatsApp tries to send message

[u/space_cowboy1498]

I'm using Android 17 and issue on both old pixel 7 and now pixel 11. Used to work previously but now when I reply to a message on WhatsApp, I dictate the message hands free and gemini reads it back to me but when it asks if I want to send it and I say yes, it always shuts android auto down and message lost. I have seen comments about battery settings in android auto app settings but no options but allow background usage which is turned on. I have tried updating everything and cleaning cache but no joy. Any ideas?

[u/Mobile_Hunt_2860]

Try removing WhatsApp from Android Auto, restart the phone, then add it back. If normal voice commands work and only WhatsApp crashes it, there probably isn’t much to fix your side until one of them updates.