Trying to get Poweramp and Android Auto working again

[griff]

Hi all. 

I'm tacking this ongoing issue of mine, trying to get voice commands to work with Poweramp in Android Auto. I've made two videos where I show this issue, but first of all I perform a factory reset on the phone (LG G8s ThinQ - a 2019 phone). Prior to using this phone I had an LG V20 (a 2016 phone) where I did have success getting voice commands working with Poweramp in Android Auto. 

Here's the videos... I sincerely appreciate people taking the time to watch these and help me troubleshoot this.

Video - Part 1: Factory Reset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wo7MFj-DcQ
Video - Part 2: Android Auto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gCwW2jLdOE

EDIT

Video - Part 3: GPM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGT6t7R5FTI

[andrewilley]

Worth checking that your Android Auto version is up to date, AA has a lot of reported bugs lately with voice commands generally. There are so many variables that it does get a bit hard to troubleshoot though - device, Android version, Android Auto version, head-unit make and version, etc. 

Andre

[griff]

Android Auto is 100% up to date (I install it in the first video). Google Play Music is also 100% up to date. I only did not update Google Maps and the Google app after I did the factory reset. The reason is as soon as I update the Google app, voice commands stop working! Currently I have the navigation voice commands working, but not the music voice commands. So I'm half way to winning! If I update Google app, I'm back to zero. You would think everything would work after a factory reset though... I've also posted these videos on the Google Android Auto Community.