Anyone else have broken Bluetooth audio in cars?

[icwhatudidthere]

I'm basically unable to use BT audio in a car without stuttering now. I've had trouble with two cars now, same problem. I'm using an HTC One M8. Strange thing is it's working fine right now with Bluetooth headphones.

Just wondering if anyone's had the same problem, if it's a known issue with Android Wear or if it's just isolated to the One M8?

Thanks.

 

[GoBlueTom]

Yes... I noticed that the other day. I was trying to stream from Google Music to my car via BlueTooth and it sounded all broken up. I assumed it was some random glitch, but it could be a problem with Android Wear.

 

[DanPLC]

I'm not having that issue in my Ford Fusion. Bluetooth audio works fine when using my Moto 360.

 

[anon(8410015)]

I have had this issue in my Citroen with an iPhone 4, 5s, nexus 5 and my note 3.

 

[cdmta]

This is my biggest issue with the Moto X.

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[TabGuy]

I'm OK on a 2009 Ford Edge and a Note 3.

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Another strange result this morning: it works again, with only an occasional stutter at the start of the song. Funny thing is when I did a three hour road trip in my parents' Honda minivan, it was similar. Worked for an hour and then two hours of stuttering music.

 

[rbess1965]

My RazrMaxxHD started this Bluetooth skipping thing with my 2009 Ford Taurus Sync right after the Kit-Kat update. It worked perfectly for years before that update. I’ve deleted and re-added all the profiles in my phone and car, factory reset my phone and done everything I know to do. Now Streaming in my car is impossible. I’m looking through these forums looking for signs that the issue is not my car nor anything I can correct on my phone. I believe the BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) stack downloaded into my phone via Kit-Kat has crippled my favorite function and I’m ticked off. Wish you all luck with your devices.
This article describes my issue perfectly Google Confirms Bluetooth A2DP Audio Streaming Fix For The 'Next Release' Of Android 4.2 problem is it was written in 2013 for 4.2. It appears they simply passed the bug on to 4.4.2. Unbelievable.

 

[jeffajackson]

I'm having the same problem. I first noticed that I couldn't go to the next song through the watch, then the phone got all laggy when I tried to tap-to-wake.

 

[Floridadomer]

I had similar issues but turning off wifi made a big difference.

 

[jasoraso]

I had similar issues but turning off wifi made a big difference.

I've also had stuttering on BT when wifi is on. My BT headphones (motorola s10) worked fine with my 2013 moto x and moto 360. Haven't tried the new Moto X that came last night yet.

 

[icwhatudidthere]

Thanks, will have to try that out. I'm still having the issue after the latest update.

 

[l3entley]

I was experiencing the stuttering BT audio issue while my Mercedes Benz COMAND (MY2013 W204) paired with HTC EVO 4G LTE (tried several different ROMs also); no longer the case since upgrading to Nexus 5. In my case, it was obviously the phone hardware.

 

[Floridadomer]

Thanks, will have to try that out. I'm still having the issue after the latest update.

Did turning off Wifi help any?

 

[FowlTink]

I've heard that the app "soundabout" can help with audio from searching the forum:
312201-google-maps-voice-navigation-does-not-work-bluetooth-enabled.html
Maybe try that?

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[marktrav44]

I was having issues in my car, but after the latest update it my phone will connect to the car and watch again.

 

[Ripper77]

I have been troubleshooting and found that when my Moto X(2nd Gen) is connected via Bluetooth to my Moto 360 and Car stereo, the Music will stutter like a Mofo. If I put my Moto 360 in Airplane mode or power it off, the music is flawless. Its definitely an issue with bluetooth being connected to both devices(moto 360 and Car stereo).

Please let me know if you all have the same issue.

 

[Danny Long2]

I have the exact same issue with Mercedes

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[rbess1965]

Update, Pulling the Battery on the car did nothing. To be fair, there is a Ford Sync update that I have not gotten yet but here's the kicker. The streaming problem is NOT isolated to the car system. Any of you that think it is, then test it on another Bluetooth system and let us know how that goes.

I have a Motorola S705 Stereo Headset that worked perfectly for years also but now has the same skipping problem. What I’ve noticed now is that after about 10min of listening to it skip, I’m noticing that is actually warping the sound like slowing down a record player, then stops the music completely. I have to go into the player and push play again. It’s doing this on 3 different music players including Google’s own music player. I also recently tried another 'New' Bluetooth speaker that also skips.

All of this is such BS. I think the problem is in the software and related to the KitKat update. It seems to skip more while updating Running Apps. Like the processor struggles to stream music in order to update other apps. That's what it seems like to me.

I just don't know if I can stand it anymore. Guess these super brain Android developers are going to force me to buy an iPhone so that I can stream again. My theory is that they continuously create new crap to cram into the OS that it forces you to buy a new model to handle all the processes. Keeps you having to upgrade the phone.

My device is a couple years old with only 1gb of ram and I believe all the problem occurs when it creeps to about 700mb. Maybe the KitKat OS is just plain using more RAM than the previous OS. Anybody out there have a 2gb RAM device on KitKat that is having the same issue?

 

[ToddPsyD]

I have the 360 and an HTC one M8. In my car the audio skips but doesn't when connected to other Bluetooth speakers. It's very annoying.

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