music just starts playing automatically on my iPhone

I ~do not~ know how to solve the problem where music plays automatically, but I have noticed that my car does it when my phone connects. It’s the car doing it. I believe it’s downloading the list of songs and playing from its list.

As for the missing AutoPlay button …

from https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208383:

“Autoplay is available only if you subscribe to Apple Music.”

Thanks Apple.

I have the same problem but only my phone. No issues With MacBook, iPad or even iPod touch. Bluetooth headset, car stereo both auto play without the music app open. I finally got so fed up I deleted the music app off of my phone and only left it on my other devices.

I followed your lead and deleted Apple Music . I couldn’t find how to turn off so easier to delete 🤓

Clear the up next list.

agreed, this is the way. Delete the app

Crnogorac wrote:

This certainly seems to be an intentional act by Apple to force us to listen to Apple Music rather than their competitors. No auto play icon on my iphone14promax. This is beyond irritating, frustrating and insulting for Apple to do this. I am getting sick of their efforts to control and monopolize.

This is just the way bluetooth audio works in vehicles. You will find the same thing happens if you use Spotify instead of Apple Music and is the same for Android devices as well. Nothing to do with Apple forcing you to listen to Apple Music.

Iron-Owl wrote:

You would think Apple would come on here and at least tell us that there’s no way to fix this!!! You think they would at least tell us something? Instead of just leaving us completely in the dark! My next phone is an android!!! I’ve been with Apple iPhone since day one in 2007.

This forum is made up of users like you. Apple will not come on here and tell you anything. You do have the option to Contact Apple directly to see if there is a different solution.

Since your next phone is going to be an Android, this is a heads up for you so you are not disappointed. It does not matter the device and the same thing happens on Android.

https://support.google.com/android/thread/131031647/how-do-i-disable-autoplay-on-bluetooth-connect?hl=en

https://support.google.com/android/thread/183167111/how-do-i-disable-autoplay-on-bluetooth-connect?hl=en

https://support.google.com/android/thread/222082661/spotify-automatically-playing-in-my-car?hl=en

If you have read any of the posts here, you will realize it has nothing to do with the device. The problem is that the radio in your car has no way to Play/Pause Bluetooth music. If it did not start playing when it was connected, the radio would not be able to start playing the music. You will notice that when you switch the source of the music from Bluetooth to FM on your radio that the music continues on your phone and only stops when it gets disconnected from Bluetooth. Again that is because the radio has no way to Play/Pause music on Bluetooth. All the phone can do is start playing on connection and stop when it is disconnected. This keeps the device hands-free so you are not starting and stopping the music on the phone.

The shortcut below works by pausing the music on a Bluetooth connection. This will work with the downfall of when you do change your radio to listen to Bluetooth music, you will need to start the music on your phone manually since it has been paused. That is not necessarily hands-free and may be why it is not included on every device.

Correction: go to Screen Time, go App limit, add the Music for ITunes and set limit to minimum which is 1 minute. Every start of day before you go to car play music for your iTunes for 1 minute. It will stop after one minute.

I had great success with toggling off CarPlay under Settings > General > CarPlay > My Car. There’s the option for. Custom set up but I haven’t been able to access the Music App under it.

The phone still works… not certain about Maps.

It's so ridiculous! One person here recommended putting a track of silence into the music library. Then set it to play and set it to repeat. So at least every morning nothing will play audibly. Maybe that would help?

Tell me about it, every time I’m driving and listening to something other than on Apple Music, and I pause it, or switch apps, it automatically starts playing Apple music. I just deleted the app. Will stick to Spotify and Amazon Music

Came here to say what many others have said before me. Autoplay is an infuriating feature and it needs to be binned. It comes on even when: Autoplay is toggled off in the Music App, and Handoff is toggled off in the settings. As another tortured soul said the only other method that truly works is to delete the app. So that‘s that for Apple Music on my phone. Good luck and good riddance.

I finally figured it out on my Phone OKii

I finally figured it out guys. Go by the instructions just given. THEN TURN YOUR PHONE AND BACK ON… that finalized the deal for me.

—AM wrote:

CarPlay — at least on my car — doesn’t work in Bluetooth mode. There is a Bluetooth option, but it’s separate from CarPlay. The CarPlay app is activated only when you use a USB connection. So, I’m talking about USB connections.

That Shortcut will only activate on a bluetooth connection. CarPlay can work using Bluetooth, but only on the vehicles with Wireless CarPlay. Since you have a wired connection to CarPlay that Shortcut will not work. You can delete that one though and instead of tapping "Bluetooth" after "Create Personal Automation", tap "CarPlay". It will show "Connects" by default, then tap "Next" and continue on with the shortcut after the "Next" step.

I have not tried that one, but I think it will still work for you with the wired CarPlay connection. Please let me know how it works for you.

joefiesta wrote:

what in the world is rude about Mac Jim's reply?

I think it was just a misunderstanding of my post. There was no negative tone that was intended as we are all users helping others. While this thread has gone many different directions, the fact that music autoplays when connected to a vehicle with Bluetooth has happened ever since Bluetooth audio became available in the car. This is true of any device. If the vehicle does not have a way to play/pause bluetooth audio, then the device must play it to be hands-free, otherwise you would need to play/pause music on your device which does not make it hands-free. It all depends on the vehicle and with most you can change the input to be AM/FM instead of bluetooth audio and it is not a problem.