Premium plan

Uk

iPhone 11 pro and CarPlay in Audi A3

ios 14.4

My Question 

My issue is that whenever I connect my Spotify to my car cos CarPlay the playback is unreliable.

Previously the music would randomly go fuzzy, resulting in me having to disconnect and reconnect the phone via the usb.

this has now stopped and instead, the music keeps stopping. It is not showing as paused. It stops all audio, then after a few seconds, the music continues but not where it stopped, it starts playing the song from a few seconds after it stopped. It seems the audio just drops and skips. 

I have no issues with connecting to CarPlay, staying connected or any other apps via CarPlay.

Spotify works fine when connected to my car via Bluetooth, but I want to use CarPlay as it allows me to charge my phone, use maps etc which I can’t do if I’m using Bluetooth as can’t use Bluetooth when phone is connected via usb. 

I have tried disconnecting and reconnecting, uninstalling and reinstalling, new usb cable, different USB port and nothing has worked. 

randomly twice it has worked fine on my journeys, but that is twice out of dozens of journeys. I am now at my wits end and considering changing streaming subscriptions to another provider as it is the most irritating thing! 

Please help!!!