music just starts playing automatically on my iPhone
iPhone 13 Pro Max running iOS 17.0.3 - not subscribed to Apple Music.
Frequently, when the phone is linked to some source like home pod mini or CarPlay or a speaker or something, it just spontaneously decides to start playing music l, usually starting alphabetically by the title of the song.
I have searched online and found suggestions like this one https://freeyourmusic.com/blog/stop-apple-music-from-automatically-playing# —
which says:
How to disable Autoplay in Apple Music is explained here and applies to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch:
- Select a song in the Music app on your iPhone or iPad.
- After clicking on the mini player, tap on "up next"and look for the Autoplay icon (the infinity symbol).
- To turn off the Autoplay feature when it is turned on, tap the Autoplay icon.
- The Autoplay playlist should instantly disappear if the process is successful, and Apple Music will stop playing music on its own.
but when I try to follow these directions I get stuck at step 3 because I cannot find any autoplay infinity symbol icon that can be turned off.
help! This is really annoying. I hate it when my devices decide to do things without my asking it to.
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iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 17