I suggest a mitigation until this is eventually fixed:
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Move “Audio Subsystem Restart” to be the first item of the utilities screen. It has to be used often when an incoming phone call has no audio - which is while driving. Having it far down the list is dangerous.
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Add a button for “Test Audio Beep” with the Restart. This would emit a sound. It can be unclear if the audio has actually failed. Phone calls often have no ring tone, and it is not uncommon for an incoming call to have no audio from the other end. I frequently restart the audio, when I don’t know for certain that it has stopped. Again this is an issue, because it is happening when driving. It would also be useful with the problems of headsets not being activated.
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Until this bug is fixed, there should be dedicated Top Menu item for “Audio subsystem restart”
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Until this bug, headset switching issues, and bluetooth pairing issues are fixed, there should be a dedicated top menu item for “Test Audio Beep”.
These two things need to be (somewhat) safely usable when driving, so they should be simple single press top menu items.