Music player and locked screen - iOS15

So I turned on my iTunes in my car yesterday and when I got back to my office the Apple play was off of my home screen and still has not come back on so that might be either a permanent fix or a temporary fix I’m not sure yet. Hope this helps.

Right now restart is helping but as well i found other way - when on the lock screen i have music player starting it to play music then unlock phone and kill music, than lock phone and is gone :) but really there need to be some fix to that

I am having the same issue..... And yes, I just got fitted for Phonac Bluetooth hearing aids....cannot get the music player off of my lock screen. Tried turning off 'notifications' in settings, but that did not work.

I have just upgraded to 15.1.1

iPhone 13 Pro Max

I have an older iPhone (iPhone 5 SE) and I upgraded from iOS 14.x to 15.1 and I started to get the random music playing issue.

The first time it happened is when I asked Siri for directions and she opened the Maps app. I have 3 music apps and couldn't figure out which one was playing because the only app showing open was maps. I had to manually open and then close Apple Music to get it to stop. I restarted the phone several times, but it still randomly plays music when I get in my car and bluetooth pairing occurs.

Since Apple Music has become fairly worthless without paying Apple, I solved the problem (I hope) by simply deleting the Music app entirely. Buh Bye.

does this on both of my iPads and my iPhone all 3 are using 15.2. Worse still i don’t have have any audio apps installed on any of my devices yet i still get bugged by a constant Now Playing widget on the lock screen.

While I wish I knew if it was fixed by iOS 15.1, I know it wasn’t when my phone updated to iOS 15.2. When I updated to 15.2 on my iPhone 12, it is prevalent on the lock screen though there is no media connected to Bluetooth. I do have Bluetooth enabled because it auto connects to my devices in my home but why does this have to constantly be present as if listening or enabled by a Bluetooth device!? Apple truly needs to fix this issue! Thanks and hopefully it’s fixed SOON!

There is no notification choice for Apple Music if you're not subscribed, or at least there is none on my 13 running 15.2, however turning the "Lock Screen" option off from "My Account" removed it from my lock screen until I played a track in the Music app - then that track is showing on the lock screen. Apple needs to fix this. I wonder if anyone from Apple monitors these boards.

Sorry can’t help as I have the same problem.

apple has more bugs than a third world prison. The nonsense with a little ping from your Apple Watch and no sound from your phone for text message is stupid I have missed loads of messages with my phone right next to me

someone should remind Apple that this is how Nokia failed. People got sick of the nonsense. Mind you I expect they’re all too young to remember Nokia.

Ive had iPhones from the very first but this is the last!

sorry ranted

This is extremely annoying, some bright spark in marketing thinks this will gain more customers for apple music!

When will companies realize, people are not stupid and they don't like being treated like sheep.

This has really put me off Apple. Actually I am going to unsubscribe from Apple music just for this. There is plenty of other music services which don't treat their customers like lemmings.

Yes it happened to me also and went away then again today my phone updated yesterday and today I used it in my car Bluetooth and when I got out it was on there. I have a apple iPhone XR it has been the worse phone I have ever had and I have att worse service I ever had and don’t think people can’t get into your apple account because they can I have changed my passwords about 100 times every other day my I phone says change passwords security breach well I have every security thing on my phone u can do so I don’t understand and I don’t get service anywhere hardly .not to mention who gets a friend request from theirself and is told it’s fine . And my map shows me in another country well I know I wasn’t in Nigeria today?? I told the guy on the line he was like hummmmm???? Well I can’t seem to find a problem I said well I didn’t think u was going to good bye

I don't have the Apple Music App installed on my iPhone and it still randomly shows Now Playing on the lock screen but nothing it listed in Now Playing. It shows Now Playing after I use an app that plays/streams music/video (Youtube, Plex, Spotify etc. (I always close the apps when I'm finished using them, kinda an OCD thing)) Only way I can get rid of it its to shut the phone down then turn it back on again.

This occurs without a music app being opened, and with confirmation that a Bluetooth device has not been connected in several hours. This also occurs after it has not been displayed on Lock Screen, and without a music app being opened, it suddenly appears. The only resolution is a hard restart.

You are correct-it is not a permanent fix, but it fixes for the moment. I have filed with apple and they are escalating. I will have access to a direct link to a supervisor next time it occurs so they can delve into why it may be occurring and document how and when.