I have mine set to "Acoustic". If that is what you mean by EQ customization, then I can tell you that I have not encountered the problem described in this story (as I reported earlier in this thread). Again, though, I installed iOS 15.1 beta right out of the box before I set up my iPhone 13 Pro max.
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iOS 15 and iPhone 13 Causing CarPlay Issues for Some Users
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So true story. I picked up my iphone 13. Drove home using carplay in 2021 Altima. Later that Friday once the iPhone 13 was ready plugged up to go somewhere and immediately crashed when playing any audio. navigation seems not to be affected.
I can't get any audio streaming apps to work in Carplay after iOS 15. Every app says "unable to connect" after launching it. I'm actually considering canceling my Sirius XM subscription until this garbage is resolved because it's absolutely useless to me until that happens.
It will be to do with the latest Apple Silicon chip in the 13 range. EQ maybe utilizes a specific part of the chip and is miscommunicating with it?
I’ve been using CarPlay with my 13 Pro since launch and it’s working fine for me. Strange that some have the issue and some don’t.
The sporadic “no audio” bug is still there since the very first CarPlay though in my VW. I don’t think that will ever get fixed.
The sporadic “no audio” bug is still there since the very first CarPlay though in my VW. I don’t think that will ever get fixed.
I thought I was going crazy and was the only person experiencing this. It was so frustrating to the point I returned my 13 Pro Max yesterday because of this. I will stick with my XS Max another year since it actually works in my car without having to go through all these hoops like others have had to go through
After 5 days of thinking I was going crazy, I finally took returned my phone. I didn't want to sit on it while attempted to do a software update and I missed my return window. Or tried to tell me it was my Car and not their iOS...
I had this issue today. I cleared my recent calls and it fixed it.
EDIT: One issue I have been having is with navigation apps (Waze, Google Maps, etc..) and Youtube Music. The navigation takes over the volume and puts the music really, really low even when the navigation isn't alerting.
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Another issue with iOS 15!!! Seems to be never ending. A new issue is popping up every now and then.
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I had that problem with the XM app also even on iOS 14 on the iPhone 12 PM. Never figured out how to get it to work consistently. Maybe once out of every 5 times it would connect and work.
This is why I wait longer and longer before upgrading. I'm still on the very insecure iOS 14.4.2. I held off on any newer 14.x due to the mess they made of Podcasts. I've heard nothing about it improving in 15 so I continued holding off. Yes, my iOS is very insecure but at least it works, including with Car Play.
At lease with the update that they just pushed 15.0.1 seems to have fixed the facemark unlock....as far as letting me turn it on.
Just curious since you have an Audi and use CarPlay: do you have a bug where sometimes you plug in the phone and play music but no sound comes out? And trying to turn the volume up from the steering wheel shows the volume indicator as unable to go above 0 volume? You then have to switch the infotainment source to Radio and then back to App to get the audio working (or unplug and reconnect the iPhone).
It's a very strange bug that I've seen across many VW cars but since all VAG cars run a more or less re-skinned system I wondered if it affected Audi as well.
I've experienced it in a Golf and two T-Rocs (across multiple iPhones). I've reported it to VW multiple times but they don't care.
I'm also having issues with Airplay now since the iOS 15 or iPhone 13 Pro max. I have a 2020 Toyota Highlander Platinum and it worked fine with my 12 pro max, and now with the 13 it has giving me issues of locking up, saying error communicating.
For those of you having the "Unable to Connect" error, this is the best explanation I've found - via @downcastapp on Twitter:
"Many audio apps still use the 'com.appledeveloper.playable-content` entitlement, which allows you to provide metadata that CarPlay uses to generate the UI for your audio app. That was deprecated in iOS 15 and, apparently, obsoleted as well. A newer/better method of generating a UI in CarPlay was introduced in iOS 14. It requires a new entitlement: 'com.appledeveloper.carplay-audio'. Despite both entitlements being for audio apps, the new one isn’t automatically assigned to apps that already had access to the older one. Developers of such apps must request access to the new entitlement. While we did this some time ago, Apple has yet to respond. While the app has already been updated to use the new CarPlay framework, it can’t be tested on a device or submitted for review until Apple grants us access to the new entitlement. As soon as that happens, we’ll get the update out as quickly as possible."
"Many audio apps still use the 'com.appledeveloper.playable-content` entitlement, which allows you to provide metadata that CarPlay uses to generate the UI for your audio app. That was deprecated in iOS 15 and, apparently, obsoleted as well. A newer/better method of generating a UI in CarPlay was introduced in iOS 14. It requires a new entitlement: 'com.appledeveloper.carplay-audio'. Despite both entitlements being for audio apps, the new one isn’t automatically assigned to apps that already had access to the older one. Developers of such apps must request access to the new entitlement. While we did this some time ago, Apple has yet to respond. While the app has already been updated to use the new CarPlay framework, it can’t be tested on a device or submitted for review until Apple grants us access to the new entitlement. As soon as that happens, we’ll get the update out as quickly as possible."
