Roon ARC Build 438 fails to reach start screen with Apple CarPlay (ref#IG8U2M)

[connor]

Hi @Mikael_Ohlsson,

Was ARC actively downloading any tracks or playing any music when you connected to the head unit?

We have an ARC hotfix for CarPlay-related issues that is currently testing in the Early Access category/branch:

EarlyAccess: ARC 1.85 Build 440 (iOS-only) is Live!

Hey Everyone, Since the last Roon ARC release, which included an upgraded CarPlay experience, some of you have reported heavy battery drain while using ARC in the car. Thank you for flagging it. Your reports helped us track down the cause. We found that after CarPlay finished loading, a background request on the Home screen stayed open instead of closing, which kept the iPhone’s processor working hard throughout playback. This release fixes that. In our testing, CPU usage during CarPlay playba…

If you’d like to migrate your Roon and ARC instances over to EA, you can follow these instructions:

Roon Early Access Program

Take note that migrating back to/from Production to Early Access would require a reinstall, however, and redownloading of your locally saved tracks.

Otherwise, build 440 will ship to the public branch of users to download shortly. Please update once available and let us know if it resolves this problem. Thank you!