iPhone automatically plays music when car radio is switched on

[desertman]

When I switch on my car radio, my iPhone automatically connects to it. There's nothing wrong with that.

What is wrong, however, is that the iPhone then automatically plays music (without an app being open on the phone). What's even worse is that it always plays the same track from a particular album stored on the iPhone (and it's not even the first track from that album), and if I let it play that track, the next song is always the same song too, but it's not the next track from the same album.

I find that very annoying. I want nothing to happen after the phone is connected to the radio - until I decide what and with which app I want to listen to something from the phone (if I want to listen to something from the Music app at all and not, for example, the JazzRadio app or a radio station).

How can this be done? I know I could simply turn off Bluetooth on the phone. But that doesn't make sense because then I wouldn't be able to use my Bluetooth headset for incoming calls (unless I turn Bluetooth back on in a dangerous maneuver while driving).

 

[kkclstuff]

yes, the "iTunes interruption" is awful! Been dealing with this nitwitted idea for almost 10yrs.

My only way around this is to have something like TuneIn radio app playing or paused, so the iTunes/Apple Music auto-start feature wont auto-start.

I also created an audiotrack of '10min of silence' entitled "AAAAA" so it's at the top of the iTunes playlist /favorited. If it does start, at least I can get situated and start to drive without the annoying iTunes interruption and glance at the radio screen to see if anything is playing.

How this became 'a thing' or is considered "a feature" is beyond me, it's ridiculous!

 

[FreakinEurekan]

"Most" Bluetooth devices don't do that, but a few send a "Play" signal upon connection. I had a motorcycle headset that did that once - drove me batty.

Fortunately none of my cars or current devices do that. It's not the phone's fault - it's the Bluetooth device.

 

[QuarterSwede]

"Most" Bluetooth devices don't do that, but a few send a "Play" signal upon connection. I had a motorcycle headset that did that once - drove me batty.

Fortunately none of my cars or current devices do that. It's not the phone's fault - it's the Bluetooth device.

This is the real answer. My new car has no issue and won't autoplay, neither will my shower BT speaker. But, my 20 year old Jeep with it's aftermarket Pioneer head unit autoplay's every. time. Annoying but not iOS's fault here.