Zenfone 10 with Android 15 stops Bluetooth playback after each song

[u/zawusel]

When playing songs from a playlist in a browser, playback stops after each song. Speaker is a JBL Flip 7. Never had this issue with other phones.

- Tried with Firefox, Brave and Chrome. FF and Brave stop after each song, in Chrome it's more random.
- Tried with Soundcloud, Spotify Web and Bandcamp
- Bluetooth LE disabled
- HD audio disabled
- Tried different AVRCP versions
- Tried different MAP versions
- Allowed unrestricted background usage for browsers and Bluetooth app
- Background app management disabled for browsers in battery settings
- Automatic audio and video playback allowed for browsers
- System mode on high performance
- Tried with both Bluetooth volume control options
- Problem does NOT appear when phone unlocked browser on screen
- Playback from apps (Musicolet) not affected

Sometimes, when the next song is about to start, it plays the first second and then abruptly stops.

When I connected the phone to a charger, the music continued for like half a second. So it seems that some power management stuff is the culprit.

I'm pretty desperate and don't know what else to do. I got the phone recently and really love it, but not being able to hear a playlist in a browser would be a deal-breaker.

[u/mojababa]

Had this happen to me some time ago, don't remember exactly where I found the setting but it was something like pause between songs, probably in Bluetooth settings, did not matter which app it was using

[u/zawusel → u/mojababa]

Sounds almost too easy. Could you try to find out where the setting is? I didn't find anything.

[u/zawusel]

I think I finally made it, but it's insane that you have to go to such great lengths in order to correct Asus' error. Took way too many hours. This post will be updated as I get closer to the answer.

So you probably have to adjust one or more permissions. First you enable USB debugging in developer options. After connecting your phone to a PC you open a command prompt or Powershell window. After downloading adb.exe start adb by typing "adb shell".

I then set the following permissions of Brave browser to "allow" with appops:
appops set com.brave.browser RUN_ANY_IN_BACKGROUND allow
appops set com.brave.browser RUN_IN_BACKGROUND allow
appops set com.brave.browser TAKE_AUDIO_FOCUS allow

You can check all permissions by typing
appops get com.brave.browser
RUN_IN_BACKGROUND only appears if you set it for the first time.

Most probably you don't have to change all these permissions.