Tethering is totally broken on my iPhone 17 Pro.

It might be the 26.1 beta it's running, but it’s completely unreliable. Frequently loses all connectivity until the phone is rebooted.

I've been spoiled all summer by how amazing it was with Tahoe's auto-connection to my 16 Pro (as it almost melted through the train seat).

Shout out to one thing that got much nicer recently:

Music.app on iOS not only remembers the song you were playing through a termination or iPhone reboot, but it even resumes from the timestamp you left it at!

@marcoarment does it still automatically start the first song in the first album by alphabetical order when connecting to CarPlay? It’s been driving me nuts for years now
@kwyxz @marcoarment that just sounds like your vehicle’s infotainment doing something weird. maybe try looking in its settings menu for something like auto play or something?

@saige @marcoarment it’s 100% a CarPlay bug

Solution from Apple Communities : turn off CarPlay <facepalm> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255524064

(see the Similar Questions underneath, it is a common issue)

Stop Music Auto Play When Entering Car - Apple Community

@kwyxz @marcoarment odd, i’ve never had that problem…
@saige @marcoarment @kwyxz I had that problem but it was years ago (and it was driving me nuts too). I believe it has been fixed a while back, as I didn’t experience that in the last 4 years.