crackling noise in car

[slemmebirk]

I get alot of crackling noise when using Spotify in my car. Similar results using an iphone 5s and my new iphone 6. I connect to my car (Mini Cooper S 2014) using a premium bmw iphone cable. I have also tried with an original apple cable with same results. When connecting, spotify recognizes the infotainment system and i can scroll through my playlists directly on the central display.

I have temporarily switched to deezer to avoid this and everything is working fine. Deezer is just a lot worse product than spotify. So i was hoping that someone can help me fix this issue so i can go back to using Spotify.

[awolAD]

The problem as you posted eventually got fixed. But now, this is happening again after 2 updates ago. I can also confirm it is isolated to Spotify. Apple Music does not have the same issue. 

[Jagcheema]

Having the same issue in my 2011 335i and my 2009 135i. New aux cable, and a new phone.

[awolAD]

Oops. I forgot about this post. My issue is seemingly limited to my
vehicles – not Spotify. There's something wrong with Nissan's (and then
Infiniti's) connection with a Lightning cable. We have a Pathfinder and a
Q70. They both use the same infotainment software, and I would imagine the
same hardware. After the same issue presented itself with the Infiniti, I
realized it's not Spotify. It also was present in Apple Music and I was
able to confirm this even with a new phone and multiple cables.

The problem existed with an iPhone 6S and now also an iPhone 7 Plus. Again,
using the supplied lightning cable and multiple other maker cables resulted
in the same crackling issue with both Apple Music and Spotify.