I just updated both my phone to iOS 15.1 and my Watch to WatchOS 8.1.

It seems like there's a new feature when you're on a run where the phone/watch reads out your distance/pace every KM to your headphones.

However, when I'm listening to music with Spotify on a run (tracked though the standard activity app), it suddenly pauses the music (which is quite jarring in of itself), makes its announcement,  then doesn't restart the music. I have to manually restart it every time.

As you can imagine it's pretty frustrating. Has anyone else had this issue? Is it simply a new bug? Or is there a way to fix it.

Tried phone/watch reboot, reinstall of spotify app and ensuring I have both the latest OS versions and Spotify versions so far.

Plan Premium

Country Spain

Device iPhone 11 Pro Max + AirPods Pro + Apple Watch 4

Operating System iOS 15.1