GoKawiilSpotify users are facing an annoying bug when using the app via CarPlay, where the track name, artist, and album shown on the screen differ from what’s actually playing.
Spotify says it’s aware of the problem and is investigating.
Spotify’s annoying CarPlay problem
Spotify users have taken to the company’s official Community website and Reddit to complain about the problem.
One user says:
Recently, there is a delay when songs transition while using Apple CarPlay. The song details and album artwork are one song behind.
Another user elaborates on Reddit:
I’m getting two issues: Album art, titles, and artists are getting “jumbled”. Sometimes CarPlay will show the last song that was played. Sometimes it will show some of the previous songs information and some of the current songs (for example, the correct album but the wrong artist, album art, song title) I tried restarting my phone entirely and then opening Spotify on CarPlay. The screen was just the blank CarPlay screen – no interface at all.
The problem seems to coincide with Spotify’s update last week, which also introduced a very controversial (though limited-time) disco ball-themed app icon. Spotify has said that the icon will revert to the classic logo sometime this week.
Spotify says the “relevant team is currently looking into this” and that it will provide updates in the coming days.
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