diff --git a/android/app/build.gradle.kts b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
index 95563981f..38e7c0416 100644
--- a/android/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ if (file("google-services.json").exists()) {
 
 dependencies {
     coreLibraryDesugaring("com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:2.1.4") // For flutter_local_notifications // Workaround for: https://github.com/MaikuB/flutter_local_notifications/issues/2286
+    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.17.0") // For Android Auto
 }
 
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index f7688fc0e..53286e1cf 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@
         <!-- From flutter_local_notifications package for notification actions -->
         <receiver android:exported="false" android:name="com.dexterous.flutterlocalnotifications.ActionBroadcastReceiver" />
 
+        <!-- To make notifications available in Android Auto -->
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="com.google.android.gms.car.application"
+            android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc"/>
+
         <!-- Don't delete the meta-data below.
              This is used by the Flutter tool to generate GeneratedPluginRegistrant.java -->
         <meta-data
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd5581b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/xml/automotive_app_desc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<automotiveApp>
+    <uses name="notification" />
+</automotiveApp>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e33907ed2..9c957989d 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Mon Mar 17 08:36:03 CET 2025
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle.kts b/android/settings.gradle.kts
index 62e05cf33..a5d070147 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pluginManagement {
 
 plugins {
     id("dev.flutter.flutter-plugin-loader") version "1.0.0"
-    id("com.android.application") version "8.7.3" apply false
+    id("com.android.application") version "8.9.1" apply false
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "2.1.0" apply false
     if (file("app/google-services.json").exists()) {
         id("com.google.gms.google-services") version "4.3.8" apply false
diff --git a/lib/utils/push_helper.dart b/lib/utils/push_helper.dart
index 08de28ba6..2a4dc4700 100644
--- a/lib/utils/push_helper.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/push_helper.dart
@@ -289,10 +289,12 @@ Future<void> _tryPushHelper(
         ],
         cancelNotification: false,
         allowGeneratedReplies: true,
+        semanticAction: SemanticAction.reply,
       ),
       AndroidNotificationAction(
         FluffyChatNotificationActions.markAsRead.name,
         l10n.markAsRead,
+        semanticAction: SemanticAction.markAsRead,
       ),
     ],
   );