Shortcuts App, Bluetooth Automations and Car Safety
Hi, I was looking into using the Shortcuts App to create this automation workflow:
When iPhone connects to Bluetooth "Car Stereo" -> Play Music from Apple Music App
Which did not work as expected.
The problem is that there is an artificial restriction on this action where Bluetooth connection cannot be fully automated without a confirmation notification that requires not only a tap on the notification, but then an additional tap on the RUN command.
The safety issue, that I - so far - have encountered multiple times is that the expected behaviour is that music should auto play while driving, so while driving I (as well as other's I've found) instinctively pickup the phone and start fumbling to get music playing by tapping notifications and popups while driving, which has led me to unsafe driving more than a few times.
A solution to this would be the new iOS 15 Bluetooth "device type setting. Since you can now specify device types in the settings menu, it would be wise and safer to allow the "ask before running" option to be included when the Bluetooth device is set to "car stereo" and continue to keep it disabled on other device types.
This only makes sense because this same workflow allows full, non-confirmed automation when Carplay is selected instead of Bluetooth. This restriction doesn't make sense and can lead to unsafe driving. Please consider this minor revision to iOS for the safety of myself and others who just want to listen to music in their car.