How to disable car autoplay on iPhone

Problem is so ______ irritating/enraging. Two cars and three phones later, this problem still exists.

So, in logic/garage band or whatever.... create a song with silence, however long you like.

Make sure to name it something that will precede their code that decides to pick the same **** song every single time a connection or phone state changes.

In my case, it’s AAPLE BLOWS ______

I have the same issue with an MKi9100 connected to my 2008 Kia. Bluetooth operation for me is absolutely fine and plays an opened audio book on connection but when connecting via the USB lightning connector to keep my iOS 10 iPhone 5S charged it auto plays the first song alphabetically (even with shuffle set) in my Apple Music. This is even when I have Audible opened for playing my book or when a map/satnav is active with sound on.

As stated, this is a safety issue.

I queried them in my local Apple Store but they had no idea what a Parrot device or Auto Play was and offered no advice at all.

I have tried the various settings described in this trail and disabling Car Play in Restrictions does get round the issue since although it starts up USB connected Apple Music it is in pause mode. It also does auto play opened apps such as Audible just like when connected via Bluetooth which is perfect.

So, for me, this problem appears fixed but will repost if I find any foibles or if the next iOS update screws it up.

pity it's taken me so long to find a fix...

livinginaboxers wrote:

When this happens in many cars (my VW, my brother's Prius, this thread's poster's Subaru, I'm sure many others)

And the behavior does NOT happen in many more cars. Kia, Hyundai, Ford, Honda, the list goes on. The phone is responding to a command from the head unit to begin playback. If there was no active audio player running on the device waiting to be revived, it just launches playback from the default app.

The only "solution" Apple could implement would be to disable the feature that lets you control playback from the head unit in your car.

Sawzalot2 wrote:

What OS are you using? Is it part of a subgroup? I dont see it anywhere.

There is no such setting. The individual who said there is doesn't know what they're talking about.

This is a function of the head unit in your car, NOT the phone. The phone is responding to commands being sent by the head unit.

Gotta disagree with the back half of that. (first part was spot on though, he's clueess). My problem is with the UConnect system native to certain makes. A friend has the exact same setup but uses a droid phone. He has no such autoplay issues. From what Ive researched this problem is quite common with iPhones and no one at Apple seems to want to address it. Perhaps they're pushing Apple Play being used in competing vehicles, who knows. It is a safety issue when you CANT turn off music coming from the **** phone! If you mute or pause from the vehicle console it also shuts off any navigation, messaging or phone calls. If you shut off iTunes manually it will resume play the first time nav speaks or you hang up a call. BTW, I spoke with both Apple and UConnect. They both blame the other. But the fact that autoplay also kicks on when you connect to a bluetooth speaker makes me believe UConnect has a point. This is just sloppy work from Apple. I spent too much time in my car to just ignore this. I know they dont care, but this has cost them a new iPhone sale.

langstro wrote:

Every time a new iOS comes out, the always advertise hundreds of new features, but they never come out with the option to "disable auto-play", ****

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That's because "auto-play" is NOT a function of the phone. It's being controlled by the head unit in your car.

Deleting the music app is the only solution Apple has provided. Goodbye music app!

To make matters worse the geniuses at Apple decided you cannot hide completely any music you have purchased from Apple. Out of sheer desperation, I deleted ALl music on the iPhone, set cellular data for music to off. Even then it would pick one of the songs I had purchased from Apple because I am in the garage and connected to Home WiFi when I start the car. The only solution that worked was to delete the music app.

The other annoying part is how it picks the same ******* song.

I personally am fed up with the issue. I have lodged a complaint with Apple and will help in all ways possible to fix the issue. Until I see proof that Apple will fix this problem I have decided not to upgrade and pay Apple another dime. I have stayed away from 3 generations of iPhones. If they don’t fix it this time around, I am kicking Apple completely out of my household.

So. Let us all send feedback. I think if we're paying high priced hardware, we can expect the software to behave correctly and for that matter, Apple, you could and should fix your software before any fancypants new looks, new "features" (like the unusable lables) or whatever - Just make it work flawlessly.
Here's the link: Feedback - iPhone - Apple

dac-username wrote:

It is almost 2018 and the issue still exists. Apple refuses to open a ticket and escalate to developers without me resetting the iphone. They need to "isolate the issue". Shame on you, apple.

That's because IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE PHONE. It's a problem with the head unit in your car.

Did you bother reading anything in this thread at all? #1. You are NOT talking to Apple. #2. This is a function of the head unit in your car, NOT the phone.

The USB connection in your 2008 Kia is NOT compatible with an iPhone. It's interpreting your phone as an iPod... and an OLD iPod at that.

This is NOT a "safety issue". This is strictly a 'wetware' problem.

Yes - two different issues - mine is the USB issue - whenever I plug my iPhone 6s into the usb port of our 2016 GMC Acadia, the SAME song starts playing right out of iTunes. Not the last song I played or even a favorite song, but the first song I ever played thru the Acadia's sound system via my iPhone 6s, a year ago! It remembers only that song for some reason. Craziness.

I know it is going to start playing the second I plug in so I wait for it and shut it off before heading down the road. But every stop and start of the car requires the same routine - wait for the song to start, turn it off on the iPhone and proceed. It happens whether or not I am logged into iTunes on my phone.

Would love to hear if there has been a solution found to this!

Same for me. 2013 Audi. I start the car and the iPhone starts playing a random song. I turn it off. I make a call. When the call is done, it starts the same song again. I turn it off. I make another call and hang up. And...it automatically starts the same song again... **** annoying.

What makes no sense to me is that on typical bluetooth headsets for music, wireless of course, the iPhone doesn't start playing automatically when they are turned on. And even when I am listening to music (of my own choice...) on the headset and make a call and use that headset for the call, it doesn't start playing automatically when the call has been completed. It only happens in cars...

This 'feature' (bug...) appears to only be limited to cars not to other bluetooth devices that have the exact same functionality as the car's systems. So is it the car manufacturers, who probably buy their stuff from the same electronics supplier, or is it the iPhone? I don't know but it isn't a problem with a typical bluetooth headset (e.g. Beats and others), only cars. Weird.

My reply is about Parrot connections and the Parrot MKi9100 as detailed does have a USB connection and it is that connection that I clearly (if you bothered to read it) was on about and yes it is a safety issue as it needs hand on in car effort to turn it off.