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iPhone 16 Pro Max lock screen media issue after iOS 27.2

Media not playing on iPhone lock screen. Doesn’t matter what application (Spotify/audible/radio etc). Music will keep playing but won’t show up on my lock screen. This is causing issues with car play and Bluetooth to vehicles not recognizing that media is playing. Have tried adjusting all my settings to allow it to work on lock screen. Have restarted my phone numerous times. iPhone 16 pro max. Running iOS 27.2. Issue has only been occurring since updating to 27.

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Caitlin9 wrote:
Issue has only been occurring since updating to 27.

Not every issue an individual encounters on their device can be attributed to an iOS update. iOS 27 or later may have coincided with what you are experiencing, but that does not mean the issue was triggered by iOS. Coincidence in timing is not, by itself, evidence of causation.


If the update itself were the root cause, then every device running that same version of iOS would exhibit the identical problem. In such a scenario, the forums would be flooded with countless posts reporting the same malfunction, creating an unmistakable wave of complaints that no one could possibly overlook.


The absence of such widespread reports strongly indicates that the issue is not a general, system-wide problem with iOS 27 or later, but rather something specific to the individual device, its configuration, installed apps, settings, hardware, or another interacting factor.


In short: iOS 27 or later may be a coincidence in timing, but there is no basis to conclude that iOS itself triggered the problem simply because the issue appeared after the update.




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