Non-car Bluetooth devices displaying in Car View mode

[Jemi]

Hey there,

We've seen reports of some Bluetooth connections to other devices displaying Car View. The right team is aware of this. 

If you're experiencing this, let us know by adding your +Vote the info requested in the Status Update.

All the best!

[kikamonju]

This happens with my Bluetooth adapter I use on my bedroom stereo.

On top of that, it auto plays music EVERY TIME the Spotify app gets focus. If I open the app, if I switch to the app, if I was in the app and then went to the recent apps page to look at something but didn't switch apps and then went back into Spotify, it drags up the now playing menu and starts playing music.

I have disabled "start music automatically" in my android auto settings.

And for some reason there's no way to tell spotify that a device is or isn't a car, just gotta tell a support agent your specific devices and hope they add it to the huge list of car devices that they automatically detect, or ?????

Replying here because someone closed the last thread 2 years ago and said this was going away entirely but it's still here and still a problem.

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Non-car-Bluetooth-devices-displaying-in-Car-View-mod...

[Ozeq]

Same issue for me. My bluetooth DAC/AMP Qudelix 5k is recognized as Car, which launches audio play every time I enter the app. Extremely annoying, because often I just want to share a song or check an album while listening in other app.

[Elena]

Hey everyone, 

We've reported this to our tech folks who'll look further into it. We'll keep you posted here as soon as we have any updates.

[antoniojunyor]

I have a Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G with android 13 and none of this solve the problem.

[ct3000]

Any update?? Still having this issue. I can't watch podcasts because Spotify thinks my Qudelix 5K is a car... Been having this issue since I got it in August.

[ssssaaaa]

I believe the auto-playing issue you have is related to the way bluetooth work. I have a similar issue of all my music and podcast apps opening in the background and trying to get to play what ever was playing last, every time I turn on bluetooth (and slowing my phone to a halt in the process). So I sadly don't think that is something Spotify can do a lot about in this case, even though it's also a problem. Just FYI.

[kikamonju]

What does the Bluetooth do that says the device is a car or not?

I've never had anything else behave like it was a car while I was connected to the problem device.

The way the can fix it is by allowing us to change that setting on our own once we're connected, like "this is not a car" setting.

Since they still haven't removed any car mode stuff.

[Huib]

I have a little bluetooth device plugged in my home audio and when I connect my iPhone to that, Spotify assumes it's a piece of car audio and enables car mode if I have the "automatic car mode" setting enabled.

It would be nice if I could mark only certain Bluetooth devices as car audio, but I wonder to what degree this is configurable?

[LeckerEssen]

I have the same issue with my Nubert nuConnect ampX Vollverstärker. An I am kind of furious because I sank at least two days over the past months into bugfixing this. Trying everything from reinstalling to disconnecting my amp from power as the support told me with it's copy pasted answers.

Please look into this.

To prove that I'm not here to vent but to get a solution my specs.

Amp: Nubert nuConnect ampX Vollverstärker

Device: Google Pixel 6

Operating System: Android 14

Spotify Version: 8.9.6.458

[037-w7ni4_ozj]

Running on a brand bew up to date Pixel 8 Pro. I have tried every solution so far, nothing works.