For a few months media (e.g. AntennaPod, Audiobookshelf) unpauses itself on its own.
It very often happens while using instagram (e.g. going through stories), but had it happen while using other apps as well. It happened with at least two different media players. I get the feeling that when an app stops playing audio (e.g. switching away from a insta story with audio) the media player may get unpaused. This sometimes happens rarely and I just pause the media player again and move on. Sometimes it happens so often that I have to force close the media player to prevent it from playing again, which isn't a solution I like.
I have two different BT headphones (Bose NC 700, SteelSeries Nova Pro). I'm not sure if it happens only with the Bose or also the SteelSeries (the SteelSeries has different media playback issues too) and I found recent threads online with issues with Samsung smartphones with OneUI and maybe Bose headphones as well.
I'm pretty sure this issue started after I updated to Android 16. Don't think it appeared before that
I'm not sure what is the best way to troubleshoot this issue.
Phone: Pixel 8
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