AAOS HA install does not render back buttons

Hello, I recently purchased a 2026 Honda Passport and its infotainment system runs Android Automotive OS (AAOS) as well as Android Auto (AA). I have been trying to get the AAOS version of HA to work correctly but it doesn't seem to behave well. The biggest hurdle I've experienced is that the back button on the header does not get rendered when I run HA from AAOS. This means that I cannot navigate back to the domains menu to select another domain once one has been selected. Hitting the AAOS back button returns to the top-level infotainment menu system.

I've found that the only way to get back to the top-level inside Home Assistant is to get into the settings --> apps --> Home Assistant menu and force close the app so that it can be restarted. Once restarted, I'm back at the top-level domain selection screen.

Android Automotive OS version 13

I had posted this issue to the Home Assistant community and a member suggested that I create a bug ticket for it.
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/android-auto-home-assistant-companion-app-weird-back-button-bug-on-2026-honda-passport-infotainment-system/884537

**Home Assistant Android app version(s):**

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**Home Assistant version:** 2025.4.4

**Last working Home Assistant release (if known):**

**Description of problem, include YAML if issue is related to notifications:**

**Companion App Logs:**

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**Screenshot or video of problem:**
Within the "Lights" domain screen, no back button is rendered along the header. Tapping along the header does nothing. What's worse is that the "Back" button along the left (second button down from the top) actually exits Home Assistant instead of moving up one level within HA, such that when I relaunch HA it takes me back to Lights again (or whatever domain I was already inside).

This photo is HA in AAOS

This photo is HA in AA

**Additional information:**
Since I'm not using the Android Auto /w my phone I wasn't able to find any way to pull logs and it seems the AAOS interface is pretty locked down. 👎 If the HA devs have any ideas to further debug, I'm all ears and willing to try some stuff out.