Q: iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Car Stereo Bluetooth Audio Issues
My wife and I have the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. We are both running iOS 10.0.2 and have 2016 Jeep Patriots running the uConnect system. We both previously had the iPhone 6S and didn't experience any issues with audio in our cars. We both had them updated to iOS 10.0.1 when it released and it still worked fine.
With the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, we are experiencing horrible audio issues over Bluetooth to our car stereos. Music will pause, speed up, skip, and give a horrible all around experience. The same issue happens with Podcasts as well. Whether or not the audio is being streamed or is already downloaded has no affect on the issue. I have the same experience with downloaded and streamed audio. These issues remind me of a CD skipping. It's almost nostalgic, but I'd be totally fine with it never happening again.
I've tried to reset all network connections, restore the phone to factory, delete the Bluetooth pairing and repair... nothing seems to help. There has to be some sort of issue in the protocol that is only being used on the iPhone 7 models since this did not exist with the iPhone 6S. I've seen people say that Apple says it will be fixed in 10.1, but I haven't seen any actual release that states that.
I guess I could just plug in to the aux cable, but then I can't charge because you know... wireless audio is the future...
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 10.0.2
Posted on Oct 5, 2016 9:56 AM