Apple Podcast on IOS12 broken BMW carplay

Problem on Chevy MyLink also. ONLY the podcasts app. For me, it goes blank and doesn't come back, although other CarPlay apps work fine. Resetting the phone fixes it temporarily.

WHY does Apple screw something up EVERY SINGLE TIME they do an update. Seriously?

Same issues for me after 12 and 12.1 - I even tried a brand new lightning cable and Reset All Setting and reinstalled apps from scratch. Apps are still broken / blank screen. 3 phones same issue. I am really disappointed with Apple on this - Carplay had become something I enjoyed using when I drove. I have spent days trying to figure this out with no luck.

I was having the same issue with the Podcast app and Apple Carplay on my head unit UNTIL I started using a new non-Apple lightening cable. The problem has NOT occurred since I started using the new cable. The specific cable I'm using is an AmazonBasics double braided nylon lightening to USB A cable. A new, different cable seems to have worked for me. Maybe it will work for others as well. Is the root cause electromagnetic interference using the apple cables? I don't know.

I've only just found this thread but I've had this issue on my Vauxhall Astra ever since updating to 12. I thought for a brief moment 12.1 had fixed it but after one use without issue it soon reverted back to the same problem.

Support in Twitter haven't found a solution yet.

I find myself navigating using my phone which essentially defeats the object of car play. Hoping for a fix but not expecting anything too soon.

Kind of relieved I'm not alone in this issue though.

I had the same problem on Mazda and Opel.

On the Opel I fixed resetting the CarPlay home page while the phone was connected to the car. After doing this the Podcats app started working as usual.

Not sure if this will last (like after a phone reboot), but it's working for the time being until Apple fixes it.

This worked for a day or so now it's broken again. All ok until one podcast finished, then the whole thing froze and none of the controls worked.

I don't think that there's a solid fix to this one. Relying on s Apple fixing it but don't anticipate anything soon.

Add me to the list, same deal. I primarily use the Podcasts app through Carplay (wired), so I can't speak to the usability of the other apps while in Carplay, but it worked flawlessly up until I finally upgraded to iOS 12; then the issues. Rebooting the phone before connecting gives a grace period where it works for a while, and then eventually it's all jacked up until another reboot.

Hi,
i got the same issue on the Opel Corsa (It is a Chevrolet and Gerneral Motors car in Europe)

Reinstall of Podcast App or restart of the Iphone are just short solutions for one drive and than it does not work any more.

i am open for solutions

Hi,
Same issues with 2017 VW Tiguan after upgrading to iPhone 8 to12.1.

Has been OK for three days now after I deleted my car and reconnected to carplay.

Here is what I did

1. Disconnect phone from carplay

2. iphone:

a. Settings

b. Carplay

c. Select your car

d. select Forget this car

3. reconnect to Carplay

I hope that you have similar results

I hope that this fix continue to work for you but it certainly isn't fixed the problem for me. I think I'm relying on a fix in an iOS update at some point in the future but don't anticipate this being any time soon.

I have noticed the same glitch ever since upgrading to iOS12 as well— Navigation in Podcasts when using CarPlay barely ever working. I had always turned cellular data off for Podcasts (only ever playing episodes I had pre-downloaded while on WiFi). This had always worked fine in CarPlay until iOS12. Now I can always fix the glitchiness if I turn cellular data on for Podcasts. This works very reliably. Unfortunately, I have noticed excessive data use while running the podcast app in CarPlay, even though I 1) still only ever play locally stored episodes and 2) I set the app to only download episodes while on WiFi and to not sync podcasts. I see no reason why data use is needed, but obviously the app freaks out when the data hose is cut off.

I have also noticed that the App behavior varies depending the data is toggled on or off for Podcast (works better when ON).

In addition, I have just checked and I have significant data consumption with Podcast while I only play locally stored episodes and I set the App to only download new episode via WiFi (as you did).

I tried your fix, and it's been a little bit better (don't seem to need to reboot the phone as often to make it work), but it's still jacked up and doing weird things. Additionally, now when I go to the Carplay settings on the phone, it just spins and never shows my car, so I can't rearrange the icons or delete and try to reconnect to my car. I may wipe the phone and try it all over again; it's so frustrating because when it was working it was so flawless, I loved it 😟