Issues with wireless CarPlay when connected to vehicles usb port

Hey everyone I have an iPhone 15 pro max updated to latest version and Vw golf r. The car has wireless CarPlay which is great but I noticed whenever I want to charge my phone into the built in ports and play music, the music will not play and will immediately go from play to pause.


I’ve noticed when I unplug the cable I’m able to stream music via Apple Music just fine. The car doesn’t have wired car play capabilities only wireless, so I’m unsure why music stops streaming when I’m plugged trying to charge.


any help is appreciated!

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Feb 2, 2024 08:42 PM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2024 03:17 PM

Found the fix. You gotta connect the cable and then disconnect WiFi/carplay and reconnect with the cable plugged in

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Feb 10, 2024 07:26 AM in response to Djalexchang

Yes this exact thing is happening to my family too. I’m not 100% sure, but I think it started when we upgraded to iOS 17.3. I updated to 17.3.1 last night hoping that would fix it, but it doesn’t. If we plug in our iPhones to charge before connecting to CarPlay, music will play while charging, but if we unplug, then music stops immediately. It’s very annoying.

Mar 17, 2024 07:31 AM in response to geodox

I uninstalled Waze but that didn’t help.


For the record, this is what I did:


  1. Removed Waze from my phone
  2. Unpaired the phone and the car (both on my phone, “Forget this car” in CarPlay settings and removed my phone from the car’s infotainment system)
  3. Restarted my phone
  4. Paired the phone again with the car (wireless CarPlay)


The issue is still happening, when I plug in to charge, the music stops after a few seconds, and cannot be started again.


The issue is also happening on my wife’s phone (although a lot less frequently than on mine) and she never even had Waze installed.


All in all, it doesn’t seem like that the problem is isolated to using Waze.


I have an iPhone 12 mini with iOS 17.3.1


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