topic Re: Bluetooth car controls suddenly not working. in Android

Bluetooth car controls suddenly not working.

Adlybadly — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 14:42:42 GMT

Hi all,

I'm encountering this problem for the second time, whereby my in-car controls (on the steering wheel) suddenly, out of the blue , stop working. Volume toggle still works but the button to skip next track/previous track doesn't work. This happened about a month back (after an update) and then worked again (after the next update I think). So now it's happened again and after yet another update. Is it just a bug on Spotify's end that they'll iron out with another update? Or could it be from my side? Kinda annoyed this issue keeps cropping up!

Re: Bluetooth car controls suddenly not working.

ynke51 — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:38:10 GMT

Same problem and I cannot cast to my Google mini any longer. I can get it to play Spotify by telling it to, but not by casting to the speaker and controlling with my phone. The car control issue is a big problem. I pay for premium for the ability to skip songs anytime I wish. If I can't do that where I listen most then no reason to have it really.

Re: Bluetooth car controls suddenly not working.

Croga — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 19:25:51 GMT

I have the same problem with my car's bluetooth controls But it's worse;

- Smart watch controls don't work either

- Lock screen controls don't work

- Controls in the app don't work

There is, basically, no way to go to the previous or next song anymore, short of just selecting it from the playlist.

Re: Bluetooth car controls suddenly not working.

stu_reyn — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 15:05:29 GMT

It would appear to be an issue with Android I think....

I have a Huawei watch 2 and up until a few weeks ago it was working fine then the issues stated started, unable to skip forward or back at all.

This morning I uninstalled all my Android wear apps to see if that fixed the issue and low and behold, it works.

Clearly this is of no use to anyone with a smart watch...or potentially other Android device to link up with phone as it renders Spotify pretty useless unless you never skip a song.

Going to investigate further to see if there is a setting on watch/phone that will solve it!