Need help connecting Android phone to my 2018 wing.

Hard to say... many people have many different results. Best I can do it list what I do:

• My Samsung Phone (S22+) is NOT Bluetooth connected to the bike - Cable Connection Only
  • I plug the phone into the bike when I first walk up to it (bike is off at this point)
    • I have a music player on my phone that plays my own playlists, that are stored on my phone (Samsung Music)
• Immediately after I start the bike, even before the bike's screen is fully active, I then turn on my 'headset' (actually Bluetooth earbuds, but either will work) * Paired to the BIKE not the Phone *
• Once they connect to the bike, Android Auto starts on the bike's Nav system
• Total process from turning on the bike to connected and playing music = 10-15 seconds
• ----- Below is just how I do things using earbuds to "trick" AA into starting -----
• Immediately after the buds connect, I put them back in their charging case (turning them off)
  • AA notifies me the 'headset' is disconnected, but remains active with maps, music, and all AA functions
• In Android Auto on the bike, I now have access to all the albums that are on my phone, played through the bike's speakers.
  • If I actually leave the buds connected, I can wear them, and all sound & notifications from the bike run through the ear buds, but I prefer to run the speakers.

AA Settings on you phone:

1. Start AA Automatically - ALWAYS
2. Start AA While Locked - ON
3. "Hey Google" Detection - HANDS FREE VOICE COMMANDS
4. Customize Launcher - If you want to use apps within AA, have them selected here
   1. You can reorder them here as well, add phone call contacts, etc...
5. Other settings as you want/need

HTH!

Thank you all for your responses. I have gotten it to work. It appears to have been a couple of things (which always makes it harder).

I replaced the cable that had a usb to usb-a (I think) with -c adapter and put on a clean usb to usb-c. With that I when I plugged in the phone I got an error (paraphasing) "Android auto could not start because the headset is disconnected". At least I got something!

Keep in mind my headset was on, and had stated "connected" and the wing had a headset and 1 still in the top left corner. Crud, now what?

So I kept turning wing, headset on and off and phone (plugged in). Finally I found the right combo and it worked. Asked if I wanted to connect always, yup, 1 continue on the wing screen and I was in. Google maps and Sirius XM both working and on screen. Yeah.

Then came trying to recreate what order I did things. I "think" the order for this bike is on, turn on headset, get a connection and then plug in. It fails sometimes and works sometimes. No idea why.

I did find out once I was in, I could turn off the headset and the Android auto kept working on the bike.

Part of my problem may also be blutooth. I turn if off, and unpaired it from the wing. Plug the phone into the wing and it auto comes on and pairs itself to the wing. I hate programmers that think, "Hell, he doesn't know what he wants, we will over ride it and no way to stop it".

I do want to add that I used a number of your recommendations and they helped. Thanks again to all.