Changing the playback speed on Android Auto

[fischer-2]

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Feature description

On Android Auto buttons should be added to increase or decrease the playback speed. If that is too difficult, at least a button to reset the playback speed to 1x or a setting to always have 1x speed on Android Auto would be great.

Why do you want this feature?

When I listen to music in the car after watching videos at 2x speed, the speed stays at 2x and I cannot change it without using the phone.

Additional information

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[fischer-2]

Why this issue is important: Every time before you start driving, you need to start a video and reset the speed. If you forget to do that and, for example, start music a few minutes later, the music is played at the old speed and sounds very strange. There is no legal and safe way to change the speed without pulling over. This is really annoying and feels like a bug.

​This issue is related to #5275. Solving #5275 would also solve this issue. While #5275 has been marked as 'niche,' this issue should not be. Issue #5275 is just a minor inconvenience because you can easily change the speed on a phone, whereas here it is not possible.

​I don't know whether it is even possible to add new buttons in Android Auto. This issue could be solved together with #5275. My idea: two settings:
-​"Reset playback speed when Android Auto is connected"
-​"Reset playback speed when Android Auto is not connected"
​This gives users the choice of which behavior they want.

What do you think about that?

[PLEB666]

I would like such an option but for specific playlists.