iOS 15.1 broke connectivity to my car stereo
I own a 2014 Chevy Cruze. It has the factory default stereo in it.
The radio looks like this:
Prior to the iOS 15.1 update, when I plugged my iPhone Xr in to the car, the stereo would detect the iPhone, switch to it and I could play anything on the phone using a Lightning cable plugged into the car's USB port.
I took my wife's iPhone 12, which has iOS 14.8.1 on it, and it worked fine. I upgraded to 15.1 and again it stopped working.
I plug either phone in, they start to charge, but the stereo no longer detects the phone.
The obvious workaround is to just plug the aux cable into the headphone jack on the... Oh wait...
This is obviously a bug in iOS 15.1. I called Apple and reported it. I'm trying to send logs to Apple now.
The following are NOT correct answers:
- Get a new car
- Get a new car stereo
If you're going to say either of those in your comments, don't bother commenting.
If you've seen this in your car and have figured out how to fix it, please feel free to share.
If not, this is just a heads up that you may experience this issue if you have an older stereo in your car
I know I can use the Lightning to 3.5 mm adapter, and that is my current workaround. But I can't do that and charge the phone at the same time, which is going to be a problem for long trips with GPS.
iPhone XR
