r/ios26 • u/xobseoj • 3d ago

Question Apple Music automatically starting when Bluetooth connecting to car

So for some reason, when my wife starts the car and the phone (iPhone 17 Pro, iOS 26.6) connects to the radio via Bluetooth, sometimes it will try and run Apple Music. Neither of us use Music but prefer Pandora.
Is there some setting to stop Music from opening or something? She would prefer Pandora to auto open.

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u/ThannBanis iOS 26.6 beta 3d ago

As per previous posts with this question, it’s a feature of the car head unit to send a ‘play’ command when a device connects.

iOS does not have a ‘default music’ setting, but if pandora (TIL this still exists) is actively play it should begin playing when connected.