2017 Ram 1500 Laramie Bluetooth Issue Uconnect

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CaptainBilly

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I just purchased a 2017 RAM 1500 with Uconnect 8.4 and when I connect my phone via bluetooth and attempt to play music via Spotify or Google Play Music the audio comes through but the display shows the phone as

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Is it possible to see the information for what song is playing? The pause/play buttons also seem extremely laggy. I updated the software to the latest release 17.11.07 but that didn't seem to help. Thanks.

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According to the MOPAR site I should be able to get the following:

YOUR SYSTEM’S FEATURES
Bluetooth Music

Audio Streaming
Content Title (Metadata)
Next / Previous
Play / Pause
Browse
Audio Streaming - Internet radio
 
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Attached is what it looks like.
 

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Figured it out! Had to delete and re-pair the phone. Guess I should have tried that first!
 

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Just an FYI, since your Pixel is probably on Android 8.0.0 UConnect has not officially coded support for 8.0.0. Chances are, like me with a Pixel XL, you'll lose the info over bluetooth sporadically. For me it's completely random whether it works or not. Re-pairing does not always resolve it. It's very frustrating, especially since they removed the media app like Pandora and iHeartRadio. When the info isn't working I'm stuck fumbling with my damn phone while driving.

Good job uConnect. You've effectively f***ed a large portion of your users over and made us mess with our phones while driving. Real smooth.
 
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Oh that blows. Hopefully they release an update shortly to address android 8.0 issues you described.
 

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Well now I hope I don't get the 8.0 update on my G5....
 
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