I have an an called BBC Sounds on my phone, which lets me stream BBC radio stations. I also use it in the car sometimes.
But Carplay has decided for some reason that this is my default music app, not Apple Music.
So if I say “Hey Siri, play some music”. It will reply “Now playing music on BBC Sounds” - and immediately fail.
So I have to keep saying “Hey Siri, play music on Apple Music” - which gets a bit old. Any ideas?
I had problems like this trying to get Spotify to be the app that opens with Carplay/bluetooth. Whenever I install Apple Music, it becomes the default. Apple doesn’t even have a way to change defaults for music player or siri.
Found this about Siri default player: https://www.imore.com/how-set-preferred-music-service-siri-iphone-and-ipad
Siri has never ever heard me request it play anything in the car on BBC Sounds, but it chooses it 70% of the time if I don’t specify “On Apple Music”
I’ve had this problem for ages. I’ll say “Hey Siri, play <album>”, and it’ll reply “Sorry, you’ll need to continue in BBC Sounds”. 😑
Glad it’s not just me. Wonder if it is a specific problem with BBC Sounds being a bit grabby. If I ever find a solution I’ll @ you :)
Today I said “hey Siri set default music app to Apple Music” and … it didn’t complain. The next time I tried playing music it used Apple Music.
No idea if it will stick- or if it actually did anything. But maybe worth a try?
I don’t have CarPlay but will in the next couple of days, so this post interested me. Have you tried doing this? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253817069
Can’t test it myself yet, though.
If you are suggesting that icon-order might influence defaults - it’s a good thought, but BBC Sounds is way down the list of apps, compared with Apple Music. Hmmm
This is also driving me nuts!
Today I said “hey Siri set default music app to Apple Music” and … it didn’t complain. The next time I tried playing music it used Apple Music.
No idea if it will stick- or if it actually did anything. But maybe worth a try?
