Music app auto runs in the background for a few minutes multiple times a day.

[Taz Mangus]

I can see in the 24 battery usage that the music app is running in the background for maybe 5 minutes at a time. I have not started the music app I don't hear any music playing. This is happening sometimes every hour. It is strange that the music app would only run for a couple of minutes only. I have cellular turned for Music. I also have Siri suggestions turned off. Starting and killing off the Music app does not help. I have already removed and reinstalled the Music app. Anyone else seeing this behavior in iOS 15.1? I am using a 13 Pro Max.

 

[cynics]

Do you have vehicle with CarPlay? Just curious if its syncs or something when you connect it.

 

[Taz Mangus]

UPDATE: Performed Recovery Mode on my phone, restore iOS 15.1 and restored from backup. It seems to have fixed it.

 

[Taz Mangus]

Do you have vehicle with CarPlay? Just curious if its syncs or something when you connect it.

I do have CarPlay. It is an interesting point that I will pay attention after I use CarPlay.

 

[zorinlynx]

Are you playing music on another device, like a Mac? It's possible that it's syncing your library as playcounts, favorites, etc. get updated.

 

[eicca]

I’ve had all kinds of random background activity since updating to 15.1. Find My has decided to drain my battery in the last 24 hours and I haven’t used the app in almost a week. It’s like iOS degrades over time.

 

[nph]

I also see weird background activity at shouldn’t be there. See my ost about turning off FindMy and still see background activities