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I think there is confusing usage of the term "aux" in the article and the comments here. Aux refers to the 3.5mm "headphone" jack, which I use to play music in
by resu_nimda 9y ago
I think there is confusing usage of the term "aux" in the article and the comments here. Aux refers to the 3.5mm "headphone" jack, which I use to play music in my car, and I have never had the issue described, which makes sense because it's just receiving the same "dumb" audio signal as headphones would. It continues the last thing that was playing, as you would expect.
Everyone that has experienced the issue seems to be using Bluetooth or USB (which I would not call "aux"), which of course sends a two-way data signal that allows some "smart" system to take control and play the same song every time (or not work at all!) for your convenience.
- yiyus 9y agoI would not call the USB connection "aux" neither, but it looks like that is the term car manufacturers are using.
- anon123734633 9y agoFYI "aux" is short for "auxiliary" as in "providing supplementary or additional help and support." The car manufacturers probably see their in car systems as complete solutions and any additional audio systems as aux.
- acheron 9y agoThanks for clearing that up, I couldn't figure out what was going on in the comments either at first. "Why would plugging into aux have the phone do anything?"