It’s 2013 BMW 3 Series. Yes, I did a whole software restore using Mac, then delete and add the Bluetooth device from both the Car and iPhone. Even did a firmware update in Car. Nothing worked.
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iPhone Static/crackle Bluetooth calls in car with 13.2
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I can confirm that this worked for me. Just made about 5 calls with no static. Haven’t upgraded to iOS 13.3 yet.
looks like it’s resolved for me, and Wi-Fi disable made no difference. Hopefully you guys are seeing the same results
Though iOS 13.3 fixed the Bluetooth crackle issue for me, another problem still exists which may be part of the issue that caused the Bluetooth issue in 13.2.
When using dictation / voice-to-text when connected to my vehicle's Bluetooth, dictation will stop after about one sentence or ~5-10 seconds. Visually it looks like it still hears my voice after 5-10 seconds, but no additional text appears. To get it going again I have to press the keyboard icon, then microphone icon to get another 5-10 seconds of dictation. This was not a problem before 13.2, and is not a problem when not connected to vehicle Bluetooth.
I'm wondering if others are experiencing the same?
When using dictation / voice-to-text when connected to my vehicle's Bluetooth, dictation will stop after about one sentence or ~5-10 seconds. Visually it looks like it still hears my voice after 5-10 seconds, but no additional text appears. To get it going again I have to press the keyboard icon, then microphone icon to get another 5-10 seconds of dictation. This was not a problem before 13.2, and is not a problem when not connected to vehicle Bluetooth.
I'm wondering if others are experiencing the same?
I had the sam proble with my iPhone X and Volkswagen sportcombi. My wife and friends told me that I would drop off and sometimes just disconnect. I had this same problem years ago and talked with Apple and Volkswagen. Apple said it was Volkswagen error and Volkswagen said Apple just doesn’t use the standard Bluetooth. Had problems with my contacts not getting synced to my car and I had to use favorites instead to get those numbers on the cars display. As someone mentioned above it all of a sudden started working after an update but now same errors as before. So what I did was went out and bought a Samsung S10 Plus 1TB and I have NO problems anymore. Apple, bluetooth isn’t rocket science so why can’t you start using standard bluetooth. I have several Macbook Pros, several iPads and they work great but the iPhone quality has really dropped since Steve hasn’t been around.
YUP. Me, too. iOS 13.0 through 13.4.2 has been at hot mess for me with Bluetooth and voice dictation in my car (Prius 2012) on my XSM. Haven’t tried it yet with 13.5.
Check out this video. This is the only fix which works. I'm having the same issue with iPhone x and iPhone 11 and Audi a6 2012 mmi. But this simple fix works perfect
Fix for bluetooth carplay
Fix for bluetooth carplay
Still issue with the most recent iOS 14 beta. Crackle is bit less then beta 6, but still there. At least I can sorta maintain a conversation with beta 7. I also have a iPhone 11 Pro. Wondering if this is isolated to only iPhone 11 pro’s.