Android 9 bluetooth controls not working

[ToasterOven]

Plan

Premium

Country

 Uss

Device

S9+

Operating System

Android 9 pie

My Question or Issue

 Since updating while driving I can not use my steering wheel controls to change a song. I tried activating permissions again and it did not fix it. When the phone is unlocked though it works perfectly fine  

[NalLvsSPFY · Accepted solution]

Had the same issue with my S9+

Able to resolve the isseue by uninstalling the app, restart the device, and reinstall Spotify on the device.

Works fine now. I also disabled the default Car view, and Waze navigation from the settings.

For some reasone these settings freezing up the App on Samsung S9+

[ToasterOven]

That fixed it. Thank you so much.

[Hanlin]

Another solution is to disable Samsung's built-in power optimization feature.

Open settings and navigate to Apps>Spotify>Battery>Optimize battery usage. Now choose view all apps and locate Spotify and disable it.

This solution worked for Galaxy S10+ running latest Android 9.0

[dosmas420]

That fixed mine on Galaxy S10+!

Thanks

[mr_smiles]

This helped with my s9+ as well.