Muffled sound through Apple CarPlay usb

double check and make sure your software and spotify are updated! i struggled to find the solution to this problem for so long and when i went to spotify it said to update it and that fixed it immediately. If that doesn't work i am so sorry but i don't know what other solution there could be.

To be honest I think the issue with people is that when they listen to CarPlay music through Spotify, the claimed that the music was being played as if they were on the phone, it was good quality. There’s nothing wrong with your stuff, playing music through your CarPlay is just crap. It’s the CarPlay itself itself bogus. Bluetooth sounds better and clearer and it’s not your fault that CarPlay is trash. But CarPlay is just convenient to have music playing while charging and using to make calls and gps.

hi there! i have been having the same problem for months now and i could never figure out why the sound was only muffled with my phone but when anyone else would plug in their phones it would sound normal. i tried switching out cables, turning the car on and off, powering off my phone, and many other things that did not work. today, though, i realized my spotify was not updated for some reason and after updating i went back to my car and the sound was normal once again. i hope it continues to stay normal, but my suggestion for you would be to make sure your spotify is updated, your software is updated, and your carplay is updated. hope this helps!

Hey so i kind of figured it out. I read on another thread that spotify has a “hey spotify” feature similar to hey siri and whenever i plugged my phone in, the sound was muffled because it would register on my car as a “hey spotify” command. So i went into settings and turned it off and its been working fine ever since.

I found it. Make sure you turn off the “hey Spotify” on the app settings which is found on voice interactions. Then you wanna click microphone permission which take you to the your actual phone settings and turn off microphone on Apple settings and it should be back to normal.

Mine did too for a bit after turning off the new “Hey Spotify” feature. However, it started again. I know it has something to do with the microphone because when I adjust the volume, my car displays a voice icon instead of a music symbol.

I have this exact same problem! I have a 2020 WRX and when I play music on Bluetooth the sound is fine. But when I play music through Apple Car Play, whenever the low end hits, maybe in a drop or chorus, the mud and high frequencies duck down and it gets quieter. I have to constantly turn up and down the volume of my music and it’s incredibly annoying. I will try to turn off the hey spotify feature and see if it makes a difference. But every time bass hits, my music gets muffled and quiet

I am having the same issue , ive noticed that if i close spotify first and then open another app that has sound like youtube , when i open spotify it will work properly

Thank you, worked like a charm 👌🏾

This worked for me as well!!!

Thank you. Helped a lot.

This fixed the issue. Thanks a ton

2016 Kia Optima, no change of settings or apps seem to help. Super frustrating.

can confirm the mic icon my car adds “voice recognition” instead of “audio” when I try changing volume

I turned off “Hey Spotify” and the problem lessened; however, I find that a restart will do the trick. Very annoying but it happens less frequently this way. *knocks on wood*