Another possible solution would be to login at the BMW from another Spotify account. The other option is when this happens choose the devices option on the Spotify app on the iPhone and choose “listen from this iPhone”. Closing your music app, then restarting your device may fix this problem. There are two fixes: first to sign out of the BMW Spotify by “forget this device” on the iPhone Spotify menu. I have the same issues with native Spotify app vs car play. A muted device or a faulty line out are the most prevalent causes of no sound during Spotify listening on a computer. IDrive 7 with the last OTA update in Canada, the one that added Android Auto

I have disconnected the native Spotify app in the car as that caused the same issue, just switching back and forth between the car Spotify app and the Carplay app. Very annoying when you do a few quick stops and have to go through this process every time. Sometimes it fixes the issue, sometimes I have to put my phone in Flight Mode and back. I have to leave the player screen and reselect the play list. What always happens is that Spotify starts playing from Carplay, I hear sound about 5 seconds and it stops generating sound while the song continues to play and the display just adds: playing on BMW00xxx.

Sometimes the phone connects right aways, sometimes it takes a couple minutes.

After searching the forum and not finding anything similar under Carplay and Spotify, my Spotify and Carplay are driving me nuts.

Why does my spotify keep pausing apple