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I bought a BYD that is as close to that as I could.

https://esv6hz7yeij.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/b...

But still no pause button, only mute! Just maddening, do they think I only listen to radio?

In my Hyundai pressing the mute button while on Bluetooth/Android Auto pauses playback and mutes. Pressing again resumes playback and volume to previous level.

That's a great solution, I wish mine did that.

Oh yes the mute button, very useful when trying to pause a podcast :(

Presumably pressing Play will pause when already playing? Like it's been a case for like 40 years or so?

Well, either I'm very dumb and didn't think to press play on the car I own to solve the problem I've had for years, or you're missing the fact that there is no play button on BYD cars.

I wonder which it is.

There's clearly a play button on that photo referenced in this thread. Whether your car has that is irrelevant, we're not discussing YOURS.

Ah yes, the play button, and also clearly the reverse play button on the opposite side, which presumably makes the audio play in reverse.

I have the same car, those are the previous/next buttons.

You feel better about yourself when you patronize this much?

We're literally talking about a car wheel, how do you get off on it so much?

There's no Play button on the whole wheel? That roller, doesn't it also play/pause when pressed?

The roller mutes when pressed.

This is what set me off:

> Like it's been a case for like 40 years or so?

That thing set you off? Really?

Just guessing they wouldn't have said it if it wasn't the case.

Not only does my wife’s vehicle pause CarPlay audio when I mute it, it can also pause the radio, and pick up when I play it again.

Must be frustrating for the radio host to have to wait mid-sentence for you to unmute.

From everything I’ve read about BYD, I’m thinking it’s almost certainly going to be the car I buy after my move to Mexico.

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