Music not playing with usb in car

Hello Bigskyuk,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're unable to play music from your iPhone when connected via USB to your car. We're happy to look into this with you.

Please try the steps below:

1. "Restart your device and your car.
2. Make sure that your device is unlocked and on the Home screen.
3. If possible, try to connect using another cable or USB port. Check the manual that came with your car to learn how to connect an Apple device.
4. Check your charging port for any debris or damage. Make sure that your charging cable is properly inserted into the port.
5. Update your device.
6. Make sure that your stereo is using the latest firmware from the car manufacturer. Check your car's manual for more information.
7. Try playing audio from a different app. If you can't play audio from a third-party app, contact the app developer for help. If you can't play audio from an Apple app, contact Apple Support."

How to connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your car

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I had same issue and got it solved thanks to another memeber post

the fix is:

go to itunes

download a song to iphone

conect to car via usb

let it connect

play that one song

then all other audio should be audible throughout car

Note:

(i had blue tooth off during the process)

I had same issue and got it solved thanks to another memeber post

the fix is:

go to itunes

download a song to iphone

conect to car via usb

let it connect

play that one song

then all other audio should be audible throughout car

Note:

(i had blue tooth off during the process)

for some reason you have to have at least one song on the iPhone native music app to be recognized as audio source

This has been fixed with the iOS 15.2 update. Please update your iPhone to continue using your usb connection in your car.

Turns out my Sony will only recognize ipods and 3G iPhones works fine with sons old ipod 3 Gen but not iPhone xr or xs

Music not playing with usb in car 

I had same issue and got it solved thanks to another memeber post

the fix is: 

go to itunes 

download a song to iphone

conect to car via usb

let it connect 

play that one song 

then all other audio should be audible throughout car

Note:

(i had blue tooth off during the process)

Try setting your display to standard instead of zoomed. This worked for me! It is odd that the display caused the USB music to not work.

Updating to iOS15.4 did the trick for me.

That the exact issue I'm having I too have an XR and when hooked into cars USB port I get no devices connected yet it does show charging this is very frustrating as the only reason I use phone is to stream music in my truck and now that's not happening. I've called Apple support and they say it's a known issue and they're trying to find a fix I can't even downgrade to a lesser update

I have the same issue. Plays a minute so and stops. Quit My BMW app, unplug until dash display no longer show a connected usb device, relaunch My BMW app then plug iPhone back in select usb and it might work.

Do you all have the Apple Music App installed on your phone ? My phone works with my car only when I have this App installed.

Holy moly, I think iOS 15.4 has done the trick for me too!

Still having issues with dock in vehicle. Completely up to date. Used to work perfectly, then a few months ago music stopped working when using maps navigation. Now music just stops after about 30 secs. Really frustrating. It’s gotten worse with each update.

My iPhone XR is up to date at iOS 15.2.1 and will not play through the aux port in my vehicle. I could play it prior to the update. But my daughter can play her iPhone 11 through the aux, she is also on iOS 15.2.1. I have tried restarting. None of the apps that play audio can play on my car, when they used to

Ever since I got the latest iOS 15.5 my phone had lost its mind!!! It will only charge when it’s off, and when I plug it into my car stereo, the stereo doesn’t recognize it and switch to USB like it has been doing for the past 2 years. But when I turn off the phone and plug it into the car radio usb it charges it. So this HAS to be something wrong with the software that was caused by this stupid 15.5 update that installed while I was sleeping. I have since disabled automatics updates because this iOS has made my phone useless and in order to charge it I have to turn it off and plug it in for like 8 hours. It worked 100% fine before the update. I want my phone from 2 days ago back!! :(