ARC on CarPlay Refreshing App Navigation

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ARC on CarPlay works well for me (2024 Mazda MX-5 Rf Club) with an iPhone 16 Pro. I have pre-downloaded about 200GB is music.

Using a wired USB connection, and comparing with Apple Music, I perceive better stereo separation, even with “lossless” music on both platforms.

Anyway, what keeps me from using ARC as my default CarPlay music platform: the ARC app “refresh” behavior that happens when the app loads on CarPlay.

ARC loads reasonably quick, then I start navigating to artist/playlists/whatever… and a couple of seconds later the screen appears to refresh (sort of flashes and reloads) and I am back to top-level navigation. It will do this twice before it stops and allows me to delve into the library.

Anyone else seeing this behavior and/or is this caused by something I am doing (like pre-loading so much music it has an effect on app startup)?

EDIT: Updated to clarify I mean ARC app navigation, not GPS navigation.

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No, but I use an android car system in my Suzuki and do not use downloaded files. Connecting my Sony Experia 5 to the system I stream using my phones data limit. Here it works with no hiccups.

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Yes! It has been happening for a while now, maybe even years. I usually forget about it when my trip is over, so never got around to report it.

I am currently driving a Volvo V90 from 2022 with wired CarPlay, and my wife’s Mini Countryman from 2020 does it, too - and that’s with wireless CarPlay.

It also happened in a Seat Ibiza from 2020 with a wired connection.

Haven’t found a fix for it either.