Wrong artwork cover on car's Bluetooth.

[seekingfor81]

Plan

Premium

Country

Greece

Device

Nothing Phone 1 

Operating System

Android 13

Car

Hyundai Tucson (2021)

My Question or Issue

Mobile connected via Bluetooth (not android auto with cable, only Bluetooth).

Music plays from Spotify. The title and the artwork cover in the first track play well. In the next one, the title changes but the artwork cover remains the same as the previous one. On the 3rd track, you see title name change normally of the 3rd track but artwork cover of the 2nd. You move on to the next one and so on.

With another player everything works fine.

But since I'm very comfortable with Spotify, I'm struggling to make it work properly. I found some tips for changing the Bluetooth avrcp and battery optimization, but it's useless. The only thing I managed to do is not to show the artwork cover to any player by changing the Bluetooth avrcp but with the song titles changing correctly. In order to show the artwork cover it needs to have Bluetooth profile avrcp 1.6.

The infotainment of the car should not be to blame. It's most likely a Spotify bug after some update that I didn't hear about. It definitely has something to do with the Bluetooth avrcp profiles and how Spotify transfers the metadata to the car's infotainment.

In other players of my mobile the artwork cover changes normally. Like something sticks and stays in the artwork of the previous song while the next one is playing. It transfers the metadata, but laterally.

Is there any solution because it is very frustrating? I am very comfortable with Spotify and would not like to remove it.

Thanks in advance

[Paetsn]

Unfortunately after the latest update there are again no more artworks at all.

[lezebe]

Except when you pause/start the song. Then the cover appears.

[Paetsn]

Oh wow, you're right 😅

Now it's even the right artwork cover for each song, but as @lezebe wrote, only after you pause the title.

[dgian]

Has anyone of you tried with different versions of AVRCP?

It's something hidden under developer settings of your Android phone.

Developer Settings -> Bluetooth AVRCP Version -> try setting it to 1.6 and restart

Not that this will help for sure, but I am a bit at a loss here. We have yet to find someone internally with a combination that is broken like this.

[Xeronoth]

The latest version has fixed the problem for me. Artist covers are visible and correct. I don't have to pause the song for it to work.Jumping between songs also works.

Bluetooth AVRCP version is set to 1.6.

I'm not sure if it was a data transfer issue, but 2-3 songs didn't transfer covers, but 90% of the time it worked.

Spotify: 8.9.30.433
Phone: Xiaomi Mi 12 5G (MIUI 14.0.15)

Android Version: 13

Car: Kia Sportage NQ5 (2023)

[dbachran]

Hi dgian,

Just tried the new Spotify version 8.9.30.433 and it sure shows a different behavior: Sometimes I do not see any cover art, sometimes I see the correct cover art. But I never saw wrong cover art. Jumping back and forth between songs (which did not have cover art displayed) caused it to get displayed, sometimes.

Spotify: 8.9.30.433

Phone: Fairphone 4

AVRCP: 1.6 (I set this manually earlier, hoping it would fix something)

Android version: 13

Car: VW id.3 (2023)

Edit: I can also confirm that pausing and unpausing a song does show the correct cover art. Today, I never got any cover art, just letting the songs play (i.e. without skipping back and forth). But the correct cover was always shown when unpausing a song.

[alphapredat0r]

For me it is working now!

Only the first cover isn't showing up but all the following ones are correct.

Spotify: 8.9.30.433

Phone: Poco F3 /Xiaomi K40

Car: 2023 Hyundai TUCSON NX4 (With big Nav)

[DestroyedPerceptions]

My song info/artist is working again, but the skipping issue is still a problem. I was listening to a song the other day, paused it to switch to a different song and it glitched and switched to my kids' station again. Anyone have any ideas?

[Paetsn]

I had the Bluetooth AVRCP version set to 1.6 all the time.

Even after switching to version 1.4 and back to 1.6, the phenomenon that the artwork cover only appears after pausing and restarting the song persists. Funnily enough, it can also happen that it randomly appears with the next song. Then the covers appear again for the next 2 or 3 songs. The fourth song has no cover and you have to pause and restart to see it. Very strange, but at least it's better than before when the wrong cover was always displayed. Maybe they'll get the little things right so that the correct artwork cover is always displayed 😉.

[dbachran]

Hi DestroyedPerceptions, sorry, but which skipping issue do you talk about? Are you sure that you posted this in the correct thread? This thread is about the cover art not showing up correctly on some phones.

Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean with your kids' station. Do you mean, that your car switched from bluetooth to a radio station? This sounds like an issue with your car infotainment software to me...?

[#12]

Comme j'utilise l'application gratuitement, il y a des publicités. Mais depuis que les pubs de la voiture bleue électrique passent. Elles bloquent. La publicité continue à l'infini et ne se termine jamais même après les 30 secondes. Ducoup m'a musique ne se remet pas. En plus à chaque fois c'est la même pub de la voiture.

[ilkereryilmaz]

The problem of the visitor above has nothing to do with BT artwork issue. He/She probably posted his problem to the thread that was most recent. Not to mention, the user decided to post in French. That was a nice touch 🙂

[ilkereryilmaz]

I conform that Spotify version 8.9.34.590 has fixed the album art problem in OnePlus12 for BMW and Mercedes MBUX infotainment systems. Thanks for the support 👍

[dbachran]

Hi dgian,

For me it is still the same behavior with Spotify version 8.9.34.590: Most of the times I do not see any cover art, except for the first song. I never see wrong cover art. Jumping back and forth between songs (which did not have cover art displayed) caused it to get displayed, sometimes. Pausing and unpausing a song does always show the correct cover art.

Spotify: 8.9.34.590

Phone: Fairphone 4 (up-to-date with Android 13, Build FP4.TP2D.C.0112.20240313, Kernel 4.19.157-perf+)

AVRCP: 1.6 (I set this manually earlier, hoping it would fix something)

Android version: 13

Car: VW id.3 (2023)

[Paetsn]

Yep, the exact same behavior still occurs for me as by dbachran.

[lezebe]

It is the same for me. Spotify version 8.9.36.616.

[aldop]

I have the same issue one plus 12r did you change the Bluetooth AVRCP to 1.6??

[aldop]

I have a Tesla and the issue persists, it annoys me to the end of this earth. FIX IT, JFC!

Using One Plus 12R

[Yearofthegoat]

I have the latest Spotify version (as of May 8th 2024), AVRCP 1.6 enabled, and artwork still doesn't update when the next track plays.

[Gaggelakis]

Pixel 6 pro android 14 no song image hyundai i20 2022