Why does my Music start playing automatically when I plug in headphones?

Hardly surprisingly Apple don't respond to messages or concerns from its consumers. Let's face it, most of them are stuck up, arrogant wankers that work there so why would they?!

Apple has gone downhill since Jobs died.

Finally last night at work it got so annoying. I am a paramedic. Gowned up for a VSA. Phone was in my pocket. Phone started playing music really loud through the headphones as I was doing CPR. This was so embarrassing. Please apple. Fix this issue.

As has been reported by others, removing the Music app doesn't remedy the bug. Whatever streaming music service was last used is inexplicably started after finishing a bluetooth phone call using AirPods Pro.

I don't think people realize that this forum is not a place to make complaints to Apple. It is a for people to talk to each other. Need to contact Apple directly, as you said. They are not going to fix something posted here.

This is a ridiculous situation. Clearly IOS and AppleMusic should have a setting for Automatic playing that you can turn off. The answers I've seen to this are equally ridiculous:

1) turn off Apple Musics ability to pull data from Cellular - Not appropriate.

2) go into Screentime, then to allowed Apps, then turn off CarPlay - equally inappropriate.

Come on Apple - FIX THIS.

Apple designed it this way on purpose. The design is that when the audio device is connected, such as bluetooth headphones, is connected, it launches the music app and automatically starts playing music.

This is by design.

What at first appears a bug is a feature, however undesirable.

Intentional design is simple. Do only what the user has deliberately commanded. Don't do things that the user has not expressly tried to do. Eliminate anything extraneous.

If there is, I can't find it. And it's not isolated to Spotify. Whatever the last music app which was playing exhibits the same behavior with this bug. Simply deleting the Apple music app doesn't fix this bug.

SAME! Plz fix - driving me bonkers and wasting batteries. Tried switching music app to play on iPhone not earbuds - it switches itself back ! Grrrrrr. Can't even tap on buds to pause. Have to manually disconnect device.

Yep. Was about to say this same thing, the issue has been around for years now. I found a thread on MacRumors Forums, started back in 2015, and still having comments today. I was so glad to find it, just to know that others had the same issue. Apple just does not care...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/music-plays-when-i-stop-a-call.1900615/

It works for me. It's worth it to not have the dangerous feature of music blasting suddenly.

It's a safety issue when operating a vehicle.

I use a bicycle and if I have a headset on, such as to use Google maps for directions (Apple maps thinks I want to ride my bicycle down the interstate), I cannot have music suddenly start playing. There is no setting such as "turn off autoplay" or "driving mode", or "safety mode", or "do not disturb" for music. The best solution I found was to remove the music app. I am less displeased by having the music app removed than I was with the dangerous autoplay feature.

You're missing the point, this isn't about what's good for me. I'm posting here to share what I found helpful and contribute to the talk in a positive way. Mostly, I don't post anything; just read.

It's a counterexample to invalidate your claim "really not helpful for anyone who has purchases from Apple/iTunes in the Music App". — a claim disproven by the example. It's not about me; it's about your claim.

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Well, I previously got it to stop occurring on my employer provided iphone so that I didn't get U2 playing immediately after every conference call by deleting the iTunes app and on the advice of another user in this forum I located the 'handoff' setting and turned it off. However, the most recent iOS update must have gone above and beyond to force it back into existence because it has started up again and is now playing random songs from Pandora! OMG - Apple @TimCook get clue - we do NOT want to be forced to listen to music just because we have on a bluetooth headset. Geez, make it a simple toggle off/on for the auto-play music after a call when connected to bluetooth!! Ridiculous that no one from Apple actually reads these forums. Wasting our time talking to each other - other than for moral support.

What if they used this autostart for everything?

Guns ……… unholster ……… auto fire

Car ……… get in, seatabelt ……… auto drive

Like the autoplay feature of Music, there is no consideration for how the user wants the automated action to behave or even if he wants that, or even any safety considerations arising therefrom.

extremely inconsiderate of apple.

i’ve had this problem on and off now since ios 11.

i also have complained. they heard you and just don't care.

switch to a 3rd party app ? ill try it. i know when i deleted the music app some other app would fire up instead.

its happening in my car when it connects to the vehicle. shutting up the music app to stream from something else is the procedure every time i get in the car.

unfortunately, a single touch of the volume (vehicle controls), turns the music app BACK ON.

on top of this issue are poor issues with the hardware of this outrageously expensive iphone X.

dont burn ppl Apple, they never forget.

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That's a great point. In fact, the auto industry DID briefly have automatic seatbelts, after new laws were passed requiring increased passive safety, but stopping 1/10 of the way by not requiring seat belt usage laws, or air bag laws. That irritating 'ding' that reminds you to put on your belt comes from this time, as did the near decapitating seatbelts I had on my 1991 Subaru Legacy Station Wagon, possibly the best car I'll ever drive or own, including a Volvo, a Lotus, two Infinitis, a well-loved Explorer, and my current Mazda CX-30, so sweet that my Mom may get one too after the demise of the car her race car neighbor recommended for her 18 years ago. But now, the rules and dings and our kids' reminders, as new generations become indoctrinated, have gotten us used to fastening out seatbelts as part of 'getting in and starting the car.' Hundreds of thousands of lives have been saved by this imposition on our personal liberty, and there were loud and dire complaints all along the way about it. Personally, I'm all for such paternalistic measures in regulation in government, as long as it is done along lines I agree with (smoking unhealthy, seatbelts good, pro-choice. So far, I seem to be getting 2 out of 3 of my wishes). But in this case, the end result of what does appear to be an intentional choice on the part of Apple, is not a matter of life or death, but of music provider. One might argue that iTunes gives a better deal to musicians than other platforms, but I think it would be a spurious argument. For your entertainment, my old car's seatbelt system was the doorframe type:

https://youtu.be/jHWizqW_jt0