Android Aut-Oh No! Mysterious bug adds ‘oh’ when reading text messages in your car

Android Auto has recently started appending “oh” to the end of some messages it reads aloud.
Reports have spotted this behavior with apps like WhatsApp, Teams, Facebook, and Google Messages.
This is presumably some kind of bug, although it’s not yet clear what’s behind it.

We all know better than to be using our phones when driving, which is exactly why we have speech-to-text and text-to-speech for handling our messaging. And when that’s all easily accessible through the dash and your vehicle’s integrated controls with the help of Android Auto, so much the better! But right now, we’re learning about one really weird bug that’s getting in the way of Android Auto reading you your text messages.

A very confused group of Android Auto users have been sharing their stories over on Reddit in a thread started by user Grant_Son, and while this sounds like it involves a lot of different messaging apps, the common denominator is that people are hearing the word “oh” inserted at the end of messages (via 9to5Google). Reports identify this strange behavior with WhatsApp, Teams, Facebook, and ever regular old Google Messages.

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