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Removing ABRP from Android Automotive breaks drivers map display

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I tried ABRP on my Polestar 4, I appreciate it’s better at allowing me to craft a router than the stock Android Maps. For whatever reasons I’ve decided to go back to Google Maps on the car for now.

However after removing ABRP the Drivers Display Map when just driving (not in navigation) is now blank / broken. I see it start to open an android app before it goes to a black screen. (It shows the default Google puzzle piece icon and then disappears.

When ABRP is installed it’s Drivers Display works fine. After many install uninstall restart dances a post on a Polestar forums pointed to force stopping an ‘Google Automotive App Host’ clearing it’s data and trying to uninstall it. None of the options worked (uninstall failed etc).

I was able to fix the issue by disabling that app.

I believe ABRP uninstall is failing to take that app with it perhaps.

I am a secondary profile on the car, and the app was never installed on the primary profile, if that helps with debugging.

Where does this happen?
ABRP version number (found at bottom of settings menu)
Posted by Zubair ·
Status: Awaiting Clarification3 comments

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  • Bo (ABRP)

    Team•

    Jun 23, 2025

    Thanks for reporting! We have heard this issue from other Polestar 4 owners, and it seems to be a bug in the car infotainment. Can you reboot the car/infotainment to get it to work properly?

    • Zubair Khan

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      Jun 23, 2025

      Nope. All combinations of reboot and uninstallation fail to remove it. Can you confirm this apps presence is the result of installing abrp?

      • Bo (ABRP)

        Team•

        Jun 23, 2025

        We don’t know for sure what causes what here, but installing an app should of course never have any other applications on other apps, especially after uninstalling it again. We cannot affect this from ABRP side, so it really sounds like a bug in the car.