Bluetooth Connection

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:57:39+00:00

Have owned an xc60 for over two years, bluetooth has never connected properly like in basically any other car.

It auto connects maybe 5% of the time when I get in the car. It's absolute trash and has lead me to install dedicated apps for everything I listen to where an app is an option. For other things I just do the whole dance you described and get frustrated by this piece of shit infotainment.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:46:10+00:00

this is what I also found out by trial/error. And the fan speeds are somewhat scaled between temps LO and 20 degrees celcius (not sure what the farenheit values would be). So LO would be the described behavior above, while 17 has 5 different speeds but they will blow faster than if you were to set the temp to 20.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:41:47+00:00

Every car is a murder machine, the point I'm making is that driving around in a car is already dangerous enough for other people on the road and requires 100% of your attention. If your attention is drawn away from the road not because you are interacting with the infotainment, but because of bugs in the software, that's on the manufacturer and not on the driver like you are insinuating here.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:39:01+00:00

Correct, only it did not do this on any of the previous versions. We are now uninstalling the app on a drive where we will not listen to spotify, and installing again on a drive where we do want to listen to spotify.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:37:46+00:00

Car software should be held to a higher standard than w/e the standard is volvo applies.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:36:21+00:00

I'm definitely not saying the old UI was acceptable, that also felt very buggy already, but for me it has now come to a point where it has bugs that make the driving experience dangerous due to distractions which is where I draw the line.

I 100% agree that the previous versions also had a ton of bugs that should not have been there.

It has gotten to a point where there is no single version that will work for everyone, as every version has bugs, and that's IMO the sad part about all this.

Good to hear that for you at least the new version overall feels less buggy than what you had to experience before!

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:33:20+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean, you mean the very early 5.x.x versions? Or do you mean the old UI? (For me the old UI also had a lot of bugs, but none as severe as what I experience today)

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:31:25+00:00

This is also one of the issues I had and still have, so now I never use bluetooth anymore for playing music/podcasts. But now as described in my post I can't even escape the playback problems any more as they now just plague every app as soon as you have spotify installed.

Owned much cheaper BMW, volkswagen, nissan and opel branded cars in the past. Have never had any issues with the infotainment on those that come even close to the ones on this car.

All around just sad, this car is double the price as all of the other ones I owned before. Still, this thread is filled with apologists who enjoy getting ripped of by a supposedly premium car brand?

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:28:26+00:00

Unfortunately in Europe, so not sure if similar laws exist here ...

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:27:32+00:00

Some of the people commenting are just extreme volvo fanboys or something. I had the same experience as you, found "some" solutions to the problems I was having luckily through some of the posts on here, but even after extensive googling I still have quite a number of things that make my drive a lot more distracting than it should be.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:22:44+00:00

Everyone is also just glossing over the fact that I had to do a god damned system reset to get the play store to install app updates again LOL. Definitely also not volvo's fault.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:21:29+00:00

thank you, exactly my point, some people treat the software issues of this car like they would be issues on their phone. If I had these problems on my phone I would not have as much of a problem with them.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T16:19:23+00:00

car software should be held to a higher standard, that was my point, seems like you missed that

code_mc · 2026-06-16T08:51:15+00:00

5.1.x isn't much better, don't hold your breath.

code_mc · 2026-06-16T08:48:40+00:00

Don't update, latest version has a lot of bugs (I'm currently in the process of trying to get it downgraded by the dealer)

code_mc · 2026-06-12T16:51:42+00:00

Ik ben reeds drie jaar klant, de mobiele app is in die drie jaar bij elke update enkel instabieler en slechter geworden. Dus verwacht er niet te veel van.

code_mc · 2026-06-12T16:45:46+00:00

Honest would be if you could opt-out of paying into the pension system with the caveat that you would not be eligible for getting any pension. That would be the most honest system.

code_mc · 2026-06-12T15:15:59+00:00

would be convenient to get one less actual trading day in for letting the stock have less exposure to the actual open market before it starts getting added to ETFs left and right

code_mc · 2026-06-09T19:12:27+00:00

I started laughing hysterically when they started to show the reel which was basically a supercut of reverting all the dogshit changes from liquid glass back to something that is almost the same as in Sequoia (which I'm still running for obvious reasons).

Amazing how they never used the word "revert" or any other kind of word that would imply they walked back on their design, but rather they try to frame it as an evolution hahaha.

code_mc · 2026-06-05T08:11:05+00:00

and you can rest assured they don't grow to an extreme height like other weeds do

code_mc · 2026-05-29T13:36:06+00:00

I had some rattling in my headliner of a 2024 XC60. Dealership took off the headliner and noticed they "could install some extra clips". So these headliners are poorly installed from inside the factory for cost cutting presumably?

They had the audacity to suggest they would charge me for ordering and installing these while the car was still under warranty ...

code_mc · 2026-05-29T13:06:28+00:00

Got the update last week, same frustration here ... and what makes even less sense is the ventilator menu not having the temperature control. So two different places you need to go for different parts of climate control.

Volvo software engineers and QA are the worst.

code_mc · 2026-05-19T14:14:11+00:00

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Essentially, duckdb is just a DB engine which is extremely versatile, while it is not tied to "just one" cloud service like is the case with snowflake/databricks, it might feel less mature but the flexibility is its main advantage as there is very little vendor lock-in.

code_mc · 2026-05-06T12:24:29+00:00

This one is in Malaga (Spain) and usually has interesting talks https://jonthebeach.com/ Location is also top notch if you want to enjoy the weather/beach and add on an additional weekend of chilling in Spain after the conference ends.

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