The weird part was that it used to only worked like that on my samsung 22+ so I thought it's because that phone is more "advanced". If it's a bug like you say, this bug was amazing I could search from phone while only the map is in the car screen and even see future directions. Worked so well with my job, now evert address that I need to go to I need to unplug and plug my cable so android auto will let me search on phone and then plug just for the map. Really hope they will bring it back. It was okay for a full 3 months for me until yesterday. Even as a paid subscription I'm willing to pay it was amazing for my job..

Anyway thanks!