iTunes/Music

[NDA]

Is there a way to stop 'Music' (the Apple music app) on an iPhone starting playing when you plug your phone into a car?

I don't have bluetooth in one of my cars, but the head unit has a USB which I plug my phone into. Unfortunately every time I plug it in, Ed Sheeran starts playing. Something Apple clearly thinks I need to listen to.

I have deleted all downloaded music (which wasn't much) on the Music app - but it still does it. I can't find any setting that allows me to disable this 'feature'.

[nealeh1875]

I have this sometimes, with Apple Car Play i'm presuming ?

I think it depends if you have anything queued up in your now playing or if the app is running in the background even with no music playing.

[NDA]

It's not CarPlay - just the regular connector from the phone to the head unit's USB.

App not running and nothing queued... just starts playing.

[GCH]

It annoyed me when it did this in a lot of rental cars, so I created a silent track, named it AAAAA and loaded it onto the phone.
Still does it, but plays silence now.
No way of disabling it either, at least on the phone side. If you have something playing, it will play that. If you don't it will default to the first track in the list.

Edited by GCH on Wednesday 17th April 17:51

[NDA]

OK thanks....

Bloody nuisance. I'd like Spotify to come up - or nothing at all. I will try the silent treatment!