[ArizonaGuy]

Originally Posted by jackm8

Just look for eink phones with android. You should have no problems using android auto with anyone of them. Bigme, Hisense, Xiaomi...
Ideal would be to try and find one in a store to see how they look for you, but it's getting hard these days.

https://store.bigme.vip/collections/smartphone
https://hisenseeink.com/

The problem is that just because a device is Android does not mean that it can run Android Auto, even if it is running a relatively new version of the Android OS. For example I have a Samsung A7 tablet running Android 14 and it can not run Android Auto. In fact I was told that although AA is available in the Play Store it will not run on a system that does not have it installed by the manufacturer. That does not make any sense to me but when I tried to install and run it on the tablet I could not. That is why I posted the question.

I suppose I could always carry one of my old Android phones and use it for AA when driving, but that would be as a last resort.

And thanks for the link. I will take a look at what is there.