iOS 15.1 broke connectivity to my car stereo

I found the solution. Turn off the blue tooth and it will work.

Call and report it l. They need to make a case for every caller . After that you’ll receive a call from a supervisor/or case manager. Just by coming here doesn’t do anything.

I submitted an apple feedback about this. I recommend marking that you have the same issue at this link.

https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/feedback/9797205

mkrice2 wrote:

So where do "we" go from here? Who do we contact to get the update (fix) started?

Either or both:

• Contact - Official Apple Support
• Feedback - iPhone - Apple

iOS 15.2 sorted out the issue in my 2014 plate Astra J

Same exact issue for me running ios15.1 on iPhone 13 pro in my 2011 Chevy Cruze. I thought I was going crazy. Was not an issue on 15.0 but as soon as I updated to 15.1 the car no longer detects it. Hopefully this is fixed soon

I spoke with apple twice there morons I only say it cause of the answers. They pretty much said get a new stereo or car. I’m not making it up. Try and call maybe you’ll have better luck I called with 2 diff tech reps. From what I noticed it’s a lot of chevys or people that have stocked stereos in cars that don’t have CarPlay and yea the new update does not fix the issue . Downgrade the ios is the best option.

Since I got 15.1, phone no longer connects (physically connected via USB/lightning cable) to 2010 Camaro, 2017 Jeep factory stereos. Wife and daughters phones with older iOS connect fine. BT is fine.

Join the club…15.1 screwed a lot of people up and took away the ability to play music through the USB. My hope is they fix this with the next update. I have contacted them and let them know my dissatisfaction with this! I would suggest you do the same. Like someone mention here Apple said to have the car manufacturer update the radio. That’s an idiotic response since how is the manufacturer to have a fix for something Apple broke the day before! Thankfully I have an old iPhone I use as an iPod and I can use it for now. But this needs to be fixed!

I've tried connecting my iPhone 12 Pro Max to a 2012 Chevy Cruze, as well as a 2107 Nissan Rogue. Neither will access my phone in "iPod mode" to play media. The same vehicles also fail to access an iPad Air with 15.1. Both worked perfectly on 15.0.

I have a 2012 Cadillac SRX base model. I have experienced similar to what you have experienced. On October 27th, 2021 I updated my iPhone 13 pro Max to iOS 15.1 - previously it was on iOS 15.0.2 and I was able to connect via apple lighting cable to my car and play music. I know this is a bug with iOS 15.1 because my wife has the same iPhone 13 pro max and her phone is still on iOS 15.0.2 and still able to play music through the car. My parents have iPhone 12 Pro’s and their phones are on iOS 15.0.2 which also connect to the car via the lightning cable. The issue is iOS 15.1 which I hope is resolved. I have attached the message that shows now when I connect my iPhone 13 pro max to the 2012 Cadillac SRX. quite frankly, there are alternatives to connecting to my car which are either Bluetooth, or aux to lightning. However, their is a loss in Audio quality when doing so. Please Apple, just fix the iOS and roll out an update for us all. Not sure if this is specific to all GM cars or other makes.

I'm having the same problem with the cable connection to my 2011 Camaro.

The support conclusion after hours of calls is to wait for a new iOS update. Terrible!!

For 10 years it worked without a problem!!

It doesn’t work only work around is to not upgrade it to begin with or downgrade to15.0.2 it’s the last version that actually works fine. I need my music and gps to work like I’m sure most of us do I’m just not gonna wait for however months or weeks it’ll take. I have a 2015 Camaro zl1 and a Camaro 2011 rs.

Again, to clarify:

1) Are you trying to play music by playing from the radio interface or from the iPhone screen?

2) When connected does the car radio see any folders or try to play anything?

3) When it doesn’t play do you hear nothing or does the audio just come from the iPhone instead of through the car speakers?

4) Do audio output options on the phone appear that offer the option of selecting the car?

Thanks in advance; I’m trying to intuit whether the car doesn’t “see” the iPhone at all, whether the radio doesn’t see the iPhone, or if the iPhone just acts as if the car is a charger and nothing more.

Hi , I’ve exactly the same issue since updating to IOS 15.1 , other peoples iPhones work fine through my Aux but they are still on IOS 14, it seems to be on settings the ‘show all purchases’ toggle has disappeared and you need that to make the connection to aux, other people’s iPhones not updated have that toggle option and people who have updated it’s disappeared, below is what should show. I’ve been to Apple shop and they said must be Aux cable !!! It’s definitely a software issue with the update am fuming