You can tap “Additional settings in the app” from there. The very first result takes you to the menu, while the App info page will also be surfaced. Without the app icon, Pixel 6 owners can access it by searching “Android Auto” in the system Settings app. Practically speaking, following the Driving Mode migration, the icon provides quick access to head unit settings like customizing the launcher, day/night maps mode, weather, notifications, and more. That is the case for most people, but a few users, including a fourth device of ours, still have “Android Auto” like before. Following set-up from a device backup, three of our Pixel 6 units lack the Android Auto app in the launcher. The Pixel 6 series is the first to launch with – versus just being updated to – Android 12.

As part of that, most people with the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro lose the Android Auto icon in the app launcher. Android 12 replaces “Android Auto for Phone Screens” with the long-awaited Assistant Driving Mode.

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