Changing quality of Apple Music when using CarPlay

I just got my mobile phone bill and it's gonna up massively due to penalties of going over monthly limit. Probably due to Apple music new quality setting.

Why can't we change the quality so that when in the car using cellular data on CarPlay, it's lower than when at home where you don't care how much data you use? Totally makes sense no?

Posted on Sep 29, 2021 8:44 AM

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Sep 30, 2021 8:35 AM in response to rectifier

Hey rectifier,

We see you have a suggestion regarding the Apple Music app. You can submit your feedback and/or suggestions here: Product Feedback

Take care.

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