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iOS 17 Carplay Music app stuck in dark mode

Since iOS 17 upgrade, the Music app in Carplay is stuck in dark mode. The other main apps, Maps/Messages etc. are all light (during the day, headlights off) in two different cars, a new-ish Chrysler 300 and an older BMW 3-series. So it's not the cars. 

 

See screen caps from BMW. Both taken within a few seconds, you can see the time stamp and it was still broad daylight here. Again, the cars did not have the lights on. The Maps app is light, the Music is dark.


It's very difficult to see and navigate in dark mode during the day, esp. as the BMW is too old to have a touchscreen; I can only use the iDrive controller. It's been working fine for years. Adjusting the dash lights brightness does nothing, and neither does turning on the headlights. There is no option to turn off cover art in the Carplay settings on the phone, nor in the settings in Carplay.


I restarted the phone. No change. It's a 13 Pro Max, iOS 17.0.3. This behavior did not occur on iOS 16.



iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 17, 2023 5:00 PM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2023 8:15 AM

This seems to be an issue with iOS 17. My friend's iphone 15 does the same thing in his Hyundai.


BRING BACK LIGHT MODE!!

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Nov 7, 2023 2:41 PM in response to born sleepy

Rescheduled support call/chat and rep insisted I restore my phone. Uggghhhh yes I did that, with no change, and several hours of my life I'd like back. It's still the same after 17.1.


And my partner's iPhone 15 Pro does the same thing in his car, a Hyundai. Dark mode only in the music app.


So it seems this isn't a bug but an unwanted "feature."


At least give us the option to have "automatic" mode work across all apps without excepting the music app.

iOS 17 Carplay Music app stuck in dark mode

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