Have been using Spotify Premium in our 2014 Subaru Forester (non-nav, stock) since the day it left the dealer lot. I use a LG G2 android from Verizon. Haven't had an issue at all with Bluetooth, Gmaps navigation, phone calls, etc. No issues whatsoever.

I recently updated to Spotify version 2.4, and now the car auto-mutes Spotify after 1-2 seconds. If it's not auto-mute, Spotify itself has paused the song. Very frustrating. I never had this issue before and my phone software/firmware has not been updated either. Youtube streams fine over BT, even Songza. My wife's Spotify version1.8 works fine, she is using a Samsung Galaxy S3.

A weird workaround I found is to FIRST stream Songza, THEN swap over to Spotify. That seems to work for 1-2 songs, but it eveneutally gets back into the auto-muting issue.

I've uninstalled/re-installed Spotify on my phone. Still same issue.

Is anyone experiecing a similar auto-mute issue with Spotify 2.4? Any fixes?