iOS 15.1 broke connectivity to my car stereo

I, unfortunately, do not think that this issue is going to be fixed. I am having the same problem. I am very upset because I used this feature every time I drove. I contacted apple support and they basically said "well your car is too old. Sorry."

Update: if you turn off Bluetooth on the iPhone, it will come from to the car via the USB again. So you have to chose between hearing your music and navigation through your speakers and having phone calls ring to the car.

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.

I am also having the same problem I just updated and and now it only charges my phone and doesn’t transfer my music any more extremely annoying since both my phones were updated and now I cannot use my music while driving very annoying

apple removed my previous whatever just fix it. Camaro 2011 rs and Camaro 2015 zl1 don’t work work either that blue tooth solution don’t work and disconnects I have a iPhone 13 pro max . Like I said FIX IT APPLE

I have a 2012 Chevy Cruze and have the same problem. I always just leave the usb cord plugged into the usb slot in the center console and get in the car and plug my phone it and the iPod iPhone words always pop up on the screen then my music shows up and plays perfect I use Spotify. The other day I updated to iOS 15.1 on my iPhone 11 and when I plugged my phone in it started charging but nothing popped up and couldn’t get my music to work thought something was wrong with the car at first but after seeing so many people with the same vehicle complain about the same thing I know it’s the iOS 15.1 update. I can’t downgrade back to iOS 15.0.2 because apple signed it off so I’m praying there is an update asap that fixes this issue or I’m going to just get a new Galaxy phone since I’m eligible for to upgrade. Please fix this immediately apple

No one's saying that, but as part of the process it always makes sense to check if the firmware of your car/radio can be updated and if there is an update available.

Myriad issues over time, especially with CarPlay, have been resolved that way but most car dealers treat them as something they will only do if you complain of an issue, they won't just update your firmware when you take your car in for scheduled maintenance.

Likewise for aftermarket systems; you won't know there is an update unless you explicitly check the head end manufacturer's website.

Some vehicle head ends made during that time did have firmware updates that could be applied via their USB ports or a CD-R.

I know my 2011 Toyota did have a firmware update applied that made operation with a USB stick loaded with MP3s a bit smoother.

Car production designs may be old but iOS 15.1 is a <0.1 update only.

Monterey has a Rosetta Emulator for backward compatibility for software over a decade old? I’m sure a USB 1 or 2 emulator is very light (existing) coding here.

But I expect this issue is just a very embarrassing human error to the millions of Apple Users who must be affected.

I have an iPhone 13 and a 2017 Chevy. I’ve never been able to play through usb. So frustrating. Went to the Apple store and they were absolutely no help. They told me to go to the dealership, which will just charge me a lot of money to look at this issue which seems to be an Apple issue if the older phones work. Older phones can play through my car. I’ve been using a lightning adapter and an aux cord, but the phone can’t charge like that and I can’t use my wheel controls to change the music (has to be done on the phone). I did update my iOS, but it hasn’t worked since day 1.

That’s just it, most are not.

What’s curious is most other vehicles and devices see the iPhone as an iPod as expected.

Why the Cruze doesn’t is the mystery.

Someone with a USB protocol analyzer could find out pretty easily, but I lack one.

Same issue here. I thought it was the cable at first, but after trying multiple cables it is clearly the iPhone update. Other iPhones not using iOS 5.1 work fine, with same cable and same car. So Apple, please fix this in the next update, or at least allow us to downgrade to an earlier update.

I am having the same issue. I have a 2012 chevy cruze with the same radio and use the usb connector to play music through my iphone 11. it was working fine until I updated to ios 15.1.. I even bought a new iphone charger, a genuine one to ensure it would work. It charges but won’t connect. Music does play on iphones that don’t have the new update.. Any fixes?

As mentioned before, I suspect that there is some logic in the head end that assumes that if it can connect to a device via Bluetooth, it will allow you to connect to the radio via USB to charge the device but will not then use USB for the audio connection.

A great analog is the Apple Magic Trackpad. If you connect the charging cord to a USB port, the computer can talk to the trackpad via USB as a USB device, but most of the time it will only use USB to charge the trackpad and will instead talk to it using Bluetooth.

Hey, amp68! I also have a 2014 Chevy Cruze and I recently updated my phone and am having the same frustrating issue! I tried resetting my phone - don't do it, it didn't work! So today I was trying to problem solve and I came up with a solution. Next to my USB input in my center console of my car, there is an AUX input. I have a 3.5mm male to male cable I plugged into the AUX input in the console, then I plugged my lightening to 3.5mm female into the other end of the male to male cable. I plugged the adapter + cable into my phone and the screen on my Chevy Cruze now says "AUX Jack In". I can play music through my car stereo now with these cables and adapter, and I can also use Google Maps through it too. I know this is a lot of steps for a workaround for this issue, but it worked for me. I really believe this may be a 15.1 issue, so hopefully it resolves by 15.2

If you want to charge your phone while using the AUX input, get a Magsafe charger + a USB C female to USB A male and charge it that. Again, I know this is A LOT of steps and for me I had all of these cables and adapters lying around to do so - but hopefully 15.2 will solve all of this.