CarPlay Playlists not loading

[Novy]

Hey everyone, 

We've received reports about playlists on Carplay not loading and users receiving the error "Nothing here" when they try to open them from their Library. 

This is being investigated.

[Syrox]

Plan

Premium

Country

Germany

Device

iPhone 14 Pro Max / Android 11 Radio

Operating System

IOS 26.3 Beta 1

My Question or Issue

I saw a already open post about this topic but it got opened 1 Month ago and it didn’t got fixed.

I got the problem when I installed IOS 26.2 and still on IOS 26.3 Beta it isn’t fixed, I don’t know if you guys can fix it or if it’s an problem from apple with CarPlay.

I have the newest Spotify and IOS Version.

When I go to Library -> Playlists -> Any Playlist with more than around 50 songs -> loading for a sec -> showing „no content“ (in German: „kein Inhalt“).

But in the playlist there are songs.

I need to open my phone, go to the playlist and hit there play and it’s really really annoying.

I asked google and it said: „Its a bug that CarPlay can’t load this many songs.“ So I don’t know if you guys can fix it or maybe give a notification to apple because it’s such a annoying bug and it’s increasing the danger of an crash because people will look at their phone to change songs or a playlist.

(In Playlists with not so many songs the problem is gone ~25 Songs).

I already tried everything from redownloading, restarting my CarPlay Radio, restarting my phone, clearing the cache and restarting the app to reinstalling the app but nothing helped.

I hope you guys can solve the problem and I wish you a wonderful Christmas time 🙂

LG Eric

[Stevuh]

Hello,

i have the exact same bug after the Update to IOS 26.2 . It is really annoying because i cant use any of my Playlists anymore. I use a IPhone 11 Pro Max with a cable for Carplay. It is really annoying and i hope it will get fixed soon.

[Acorous]

Hi, I am facing the same issue.

iphone 16 pro, still on iOS v18.6.2

If we’re all facing the same issue but on different versions of OS and hardware. Might be a spotify issue

[Syrox]

Now after the newest update that just came out a bigger playlist with 9h of playtime is working again but still playlists that are bigger then 9h of playtime aren’t loading.

[rewqrewq]

My main playlist is not showing any songs in CarPlay (IOS26.2). The playlist has ~44h of music. I have to open my phone and start the playlist from there and after that I can control next/previous. Some smaller playlists shows the content.

[Miles5555]

Also experiencing this issue, any Spotify generated playlists appear to load, however any of my larger playlists do not!

[Stevuh]

So there was an 200mb Update from Spotify today and it didnt changed anything for me. 

i Still cant use my Playlist the "Bug" is still there 😣

[Cookielicous]

i am also having this same issue with my iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS v18.6.2, it started randomly happening this week where all my playlists are empty on Carplay, but they are all present on my iPhone. 

[Maria]

Hey there folks,

Thanks for reaching out on the Community!

Just to make sure we cover all bases, would you mind giving some troubleshooting steps a try as well (if you haven't already)? For example clearing stored cache, a clean reinstall of the app, restarting CarPlay, restarting the device, etc. And @Syrox - kudos for already trying the steps 🙂 

So we can look into this behavior further, should the issue persist, we'll just need a few more details from you. Would you mind letting us know:

• Does this only happen with longer playlists? Or have you noticed this with other content too, such as podcasts and albums?
• Do you notice any difference when using Bluetooth compared to an AUX cable? Feel free to give it a try, if possible.
• Your exact Spotify version.

We'll keep an eye out for your replies!

[Stevuh]

Hello,

so i tried these things and it still dont work:

- Reinstall Spotify

- Empty Cache and Delete the Downloads from the Playlists

- Downloading the Playlists again

- Restart Carplay and Device

- Tried it with a Cable and with an Wireless Adapter

For Example i have a Playlist with 357 Songs and a Playlist with just 23 Songs and on both Playlists i get "No Content".

Then on the other Playlist with 378 Songs this Playlist works fine.

Before Updating on IOS 26.2 all my Playlists were working.

iPhone 11 Pro Max 

Spotify Version 9.1.6.1142