Music Player randomly appears in lock screen after iOS 15 update

It’s quite annoying since I mostly use Tidal for music, but I don’t want to remove default Music app because I like to have some music available offline too.

Anyone has the same issue? Any solution?

iPhone XS Max

Posted on Oct 3, 2021 3:38 AM

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Oct 4, 2021 6:02 AM in response to DaSaver

Hello DaSaver,


We understand that the Music player is appearing in your lock screen, and we'd like to help.


To help us get a better understanding of the issue, we’d like to ask a few questions.


  1. Just to confirm, is your device running iOS 15, or iOS 15.0.1 at this time? Find the software version on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod
  2. Does this seem to happen when a Bluetooth device is connected to your iPhone, or does it appear to be completely random?
  3. Does managing the Lock Screen features using the steps outlined on the following page help? Access features from the iPhone Lock Screen


You can also find some good information about playing music on iPhone here: Play music on iPhone


Thanks!

Oct 4, 2021 6:34 AM in response to Brittany1416

  1. iOS 15.0.1
  2. Yes, it seems that connecting Bluetooth audio devices like AirPods triggers it.
  3. Yes, I checked it out. Music notifications are disabled. After a while it disappears, but sometimes I have to open Music app and close it from the multitasking. Anyway, it keeps showing now playing on the control center even after manually closing the app. (Screenshots)


Thanks for answering.

Oct 22, 2021 4:34 AM in response to Brittany1416

The issue actually is now reoccurring, every time I plug in EarPods (cabled), connect AirPods or any BT audio device and again when they are removed.


My homescreen and control center are basically becoming spam pages with apps I didn’t use nor open. I don’t intend to use Apple Music, but even if I would, it’d be absolutely useless spamming “now playing [random stuff]” everywhere.


Really, really, annoying.


This is not happening on my iPad Air 4 with iPadOS 15.0.2.

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Music Player randomly appears in lock screen after iOS 15 update

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