Disable autoplay on Android auto when starting the car

[balintn2]

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

UK

Device

OnePlus 10T

Operating System

Android 14

My Question or Issue

I use Spotify with Android auto and I find it great.

There's one annoying feature however: when I start the car, Spotify automatically starts to play the music/podcast wherever I last stopped it. Sometimes the auto is on mute and I miss parts of the shows.

I searched Android Auto settings, Spotify settings (both very cumbersome to access), but no related options.
I found some community topics (like https://community.spotify.com/t5/Android/Disable-autoplay-on-Android-auto/td-p/5369679), but in Spotify settings I don't have the one mentioned.

So take this as a bug report for Spotify:
Current behavior: when the phone connects to my car it automatically continues the last audio.
Expected behavior: I'd like to have a configuration option, to disable auto-start when connecting to my car / bluetooth device, so that I can start the show manually as needed.