Learn what to do if music starts playing automatically through your car’s speaker when you get in the car with your iPhone. Image: Bruno Guerrero for Unsplash In most cases, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music, or other media app may start playing automatically via your iPhone in your car if you were using one of these music apps a while back, and when you started your car, its Bluetooth or wireless CarPlay auto-connected to your iPhone and resumed the playback. It can also happen that you or someone with access to your iPhone previously set up a custom automation that plays your favorite music when you connect to the car via Bluetooth or CarPlay . In this case, just turn off or delete the automation. Stop music from automatically playing when you get in the car You’ll need to build a simple automation that pauses media when your iPhone connects/auto-connects to your car’s Bluetooth. 1) Open the Shortcuts app and tap Automation . 2) Tap the New Automation button or the plus button (+) to create one.…