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Apologies if I missed an existing thread about this I didn't find in searching.

This one has been a weird anomaly. I use CarPlay with a 2019 Hyundai Kona (little crossover thing) and iOS 14.4 on iPhone 11 Pro Max. I am an Apple Music subscriber as well but I don't stream anything on the phone when I'm out and about; I download playlists and tunes to the device and play those tunes from the "Downloaded" section of the Music app. I also don't drive very often. With and without the COVID thing I work from home full time and when I do drive it's not very far or for very long.

That said, the anomaly is that the CarPlay Music app crashes literally at the top of the hour. Tunes will be playing just dandy at 59 minutes after whatever hour and then the next minute, on the minute, they stop abruptly because the app crashes. It's uncanny and I have no rhyme or reason for an explanation of it. I'm not sure if it's *every* hour though because as I said I don't drive very far or for long and haven't had CarPlay Music churning out tunes from the top of one hour to the top of the next. I'm certain this has been an issue for all of iOS 14 and probably 13 also. iOS 13 memory is kinda hazy.

I also don't know if this is strictly a CarPlay anomaly. I don't use iOS Music app outside of CarPlay on my devices and it very well may crash at the top of the hour without CarPlay in use. Testing that now actually.
 
I've never had these issues with the music app, with or without CarPlay. Sounds like it might be an issue with your specific unit in your car. You might need to update the firmware on it?
 
It's the factory CarPlay enabled head unit in the car. Maybe it's the way Hyundai implemented CarPlay; I don't know. Pure conjecture. I have no issues with the Music app crashing when CarPlay is not involved. I tested it, playing tunes for for a few hours straight. In the car however, the CarPlay music app on the head unit (not on the phone) will crash to the CarPlay Dashboard at the top of the hour without fail -- and this is with or without music actually playing. It's simply uncanny and I'll have to keep digging on this one I guess.
 
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