diff --git a/patches/api/patches.api b/patches/api/patches.api
index d1267e26c..2cd0b9e94 100644
--- a/patches/api/patches.api
+++ b/patches/api/patches.api
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ public final class app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/BypassCertificate
 	public static final fun getBypassCertificateChecksPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }
 
+public final class app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/UnlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatchKt {
+	public static final fun getUnlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
+}
+
 public final class app/revanced/patches/music/misc/backgroundplayback/BackgroundPlaybackPatchKt {
 	public static final fun getBackgroundPlaybackPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/BypassCertificateChecksPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/BypassCertificateChecksPatch.kt
index 245569d9e..36a91466a 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/BypassCertificateChecksPatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/BypassCertificateChecksPatch.kt
@@ -5,24 +5,11 @@ import app.revanced.patches.music.misc.extension.sharedExtensionPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.music.misc.settings.settingsPatch
 import app.revanced.util.returnEarly
 
+@Deprecated("This patch is useless by itself and has been merged into another patch.", ReplaceWith("unlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatch"))
+
 @Suppress("unused")
 val bypassCertificateChecksPatch = bytecodePatch(
-    name = "Bypass certificate checks",
     description = "Bypasses certificate checks which prevent YouTube Music from working on Android Auto.",
 ) {
-    dependsOn(
-        sharedExtensionPatch,
-        settingsPatch
-    )
-
-    compatibleWith(
-        "com.google.android.apps.youtube.music"(
-            "7.29.52",
-            "8.10.52"
-        )
-    )
-
-    execute {
-        checkCertificateFingerprint.method.returnEarly(true)
-    }
+    dependsOn(unlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatch)
 }
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/Fingerprints.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/Fingerprints.kt
index 97dea5650..63c9de464 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/Fingerprints.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/Fingerprints.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.music.misc.androidauto
 
-import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.AccessFlags
 import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint
 
 internal val checkCertificateFingerprint = fingerprint {
@@ -10,4 +9,13 @@ internal val checkCertificateFingerprint = fingerprint {
         "X509",
         "Failed to get certificate" // Partial String match.
     )
+}
+
+internal val searchMediaItemsConstructorFingerprint = fingerprint {
+    returns("V")
+    strings("ytm_media_browser/search_media_items")
+}
+
+internal val searchMediaItemsExecuteFingerprint = fingerprint {
+    parameters()
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/UnlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/UnlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55fb2bb12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/misc/androidauto/UnlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.music.misc.androidauto
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.instructions
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.replaceInstruction
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
+import app.revanced.util.getReference
+import app.revanced.util.registersUsed
+import app.revanced.util.returnEarly
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.reference.FieldReference
+
+@Suppress("unused")
+val unlockAndroidAutoMediaBrowserPatch = bytecodePatch(
+    name = "Unlock Android Auto Media Browser",
+    description = "Unlocks Android Auto Media Browser which enables the search function including speech to text.",
+) {
+    compatibleWith(
+        "com.google.android.apps.youtube.music"(
+            "7.29.52",
+            "8.10.52"
+        )
+    )
+
+    execute {
+        checkCertificateFingerprint.method.returnEarly(true)
+
+        searchMediaItemsExecuteFingerprint
+        .match(searchMediaItemsConstructorFingerprint.classDef)
+        .method.apply {
+            val targetIndex = instructions.indexOfFirst { 
+            	it.opcode == Opcode.IGET_OBJECT && it.getReference<FieldReference>()?.type == "Ljava/lang/String;"
+            }
+
+            val register = instructions[targetIndex].registersUsed.first()
+            replaceInstruction(targetIndex, "const-string v$register, \"com.google.android.apps.youtube.music\"")
+        }
+    }
+}