CarPlay CarPlay disconnects and reconnects

[MacRumorsGuest]

iPhone 14 Pro with iOS 26.0.1 in a 2020 Toyota Rav4 Hybrid LE.
In the Music app, when I go to my library and select "artists" it will not show my entire library...it only shows a list of "recently added". If I filter the Artists list to favorites, it also only shows "recently added". Even worse, when I touch the name of any artist, it doesn't go to a list of albums, it randomly plays one single song. Never had a single issue even close to this on my 2017 Kia Sportage.

I've tried five different Apple and Anker cables, I've restarted the head unit, removed my vehicle from the CarPlay section on the phone in settings>general>CarPlay. I've soft reset my phone.

After further testing...

When the Rav4 is in EV mode (like at a stop light), it shows the artists/albums/etc. correctly. slowly driving and keeping it in EV mode keeps it correct. The second the gas engine kicks on, the display changes to "recently added" and the second I slow down enough to go back to EV mode, the display automatically switches again to the correct information.

I'm at a complete loss trying to make sense of this...and I can replicate the issue 100% of the time.

 

[RPhoto]

I have an issue with wireless CarPlay where I get split second audio dropouts. Could be one in every two minutes or five in 30 seconds. Infuriating.

Happens on my 17Pro but I didn’t test it on my old 15Pro with iOS 26. So I don’t know if it’s the phone or the software.

Re-paired the phone about 6 times but the issue persists everytime I use CarPlay.

 

[erihp]

thanks for beta testing folks!*

i'll upgrade to 26 only when absolutely have to.

*sucks that new hardware forces regular people to be beta testers because they have no choice but to use 26!

 

[realpras]

Been having the disconnect issue with my iPhone Air on 26.0.1. I literally can't use CarPlay at all due to the issue since I switched to iPhone Air. No issue with 16 Pro on 26.0.

 

[Pug72]

Still pixelating after iOS26.1 beta 3. 👎🏻

 

[MacRumorsGuest]

Even further testing on mine...

iPhone 14 running iOS 17, iPhone 15 running iOS 18.3, and iPhone 14 Pro running iOS 26.0.1 and also iOS 26.1 beta 2 all display the exact same behavior. In fact, I've narrowed it down to any speed below 5mph the full Artist list shows up correctly and alphabetically in my Library but the second the vehicle hits 5mph or above, the screen changes from the alphabetical artist list to "recently added" and the artists no longer have a sub-menu to go into albums or songs.

 

[66gonzo]

I wanted to share a possible fix…plug your device in, especially if it’s a new device, and let the phone connect to CarPlay wired. Then, move back to wireless CarPlay. I was having issues with this before and decided to plug in to charge the phone wired and haven’t had any issue switch CarPlay dropping since.

Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t, but it’s worth the try.