Apple Music playlists won't sort right on CarPlay

Why will the sorting sequence of playlists made on Apple Music not reflect on CarPlay?


I used to be able to sort a playlist alphabetically, by date added, in reverse order, etc. and that new order would be reflected when looking through the same playlist on CarPlay. Now, no matter which way I sort a playlist, CarPlay will ONLY display the playlist in oldest to newest date added order. Very frustrating because I want to access the songs I’ve recently added, but I now have to scroll for an unreasonable amount of time on my small radio screen to do this which defeats the purpose of CarPlay almost entirely.



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Original Title: CarPlay: Apple Music Playlist Sorting

iPhone 16, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 12, 2025 7:43 AM

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Oct 17, 2025 1:25 AM in response to bryan-daniel

Yup. Can seem like a small problem for some people but it’s actually a very needed and missing feature. Like me, I have 4 playlist where each have 300-800 songs on. That’s a lot to scroll through just to listen to the newest songs that I recently added.


this creates two scenarios for me. Either I pick up my phone and selects the song or scroll through the entire playlist. Both things take too much of my focus when I actually should be driving. Apple, fix it.

Apple Music playlists won't sort right on CarPlay

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