Android Auto: Playback delayed on 2024 GM vehicle

### Description

User reports delayed or failed sync of podcast playback position when switching from phone to car (Android Automotive). Additionally, starting a new podcast episode in the car takes 5–10 minutes to begin playback.

9830768-zd-a8c

Android Automotive
2024 Chevy Blazer EV
v. Android 12
Unable to send logs from the car
Tested reinstalling the app

Issue: "The app will either struggle to load and sync what episode that I am on and take 5 to 10 min before it actually loads. Or the app just freezes and never syncs."

[debug(5).txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20535653/debug.5.txt)

### Step-by-step reproduction instructions

> When listening to a podcast on my phone then get in the car a few hours later and want to continue that takes 5-10 minutes to fully sync in a way and even start or as is the case alot of times it never syncs to where I left off.
>
> It also does take 5-10 minutes if I am not even trying to start off with where I left off and start on a fresh podcast.

### Screenshots or screen recording

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### Did you search for existing bug reports?

- [x] I have searched for existing bug reports.

### Device, Operating system, and Pocket Casts app version

Platform: Phone
App version: 7.90-rc-2 (9342)
Phone: samsung - pa3q - SM-S938U - pa3q
Kernel: 6.6.30-android15-8-30455426-abogkiS938USQS3AYDF-4k - SWDK6016
Android version: 15 SDK 35

Start by reviewing the attached debug.5.txt and reproducing the phone-to-Android Automotive handoff on the listed 2024 Chevy Blazer EV setup. Trace the playback-position sync and new-episode startup path, then verify that episodes load promptly without freezing and resume from the expected position.

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