A SiriusXM Update Sent Some Audi Screens Into a Forced-Reboot Loop For Months

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: This week, a reader wrote to us sharing that the infotainment in their 2020 Audi A4 had been “rebooting every five minutes all year.” It looks like the problem was caused by a compatibility issue with a SiriusXM app update. Audi tells us the situation’s been rectified, but it illustrates a serious pain point in modern cars — myriad apps interacting with a diverse population of in-car software systems. Our reader was not…