Why does Apple Music keep pausing on iPhone?

I just tried something that seems to have worked and I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else has the same results. I started playing Apple Music directly from my iPhone 12, then switched over to Bluetooth while it was playing and I'm not experiencing the drops.

I am having the same issue with the music pausing since upgrading to 14.6 on my 12 Pro Max. Mine isn’t only with the device in my pocket though, and only seems to be occurring with Apple Music. If I use another service the problem magically goes away. I have also been having an issue with the phone randomly disconnecting from CarPlay after a minute or two in the car since the upgrade.

This is one of the bugs that’s been happening with the new lossless update for apple music. Not only does music randomly pause in the same way you suggested, but lossless tracks will only play till about 15 seconds and then stop playing. This mess needs to be fixed by Apple themselves.

I just upgraded to the iPhone 12 and iOS 14.7.1. I found that this problem occurs with any bluetooth device. I powered on my old iPhone Xs Max with 14.7.1 installed and the problem doesn't exist. If I just play the music on the iPhone 12 itself it seems to work okay. This appears to be a bug between the new iOS and the iPhone 12.

Hi there Ablades,

We understand you're experiencing issues with your music pausing when your iPhone is in your pocket, and disconnecting from Bluetooth.

For the pausing issue, since this only occurs when the device is in your pocket, this may be due to unintentional contact with the screen causing it to pause. To prevent this, try placing the iPhone in a different orientation or pocket.

For the Bluetooth disconnection issue, do you experience this with different Bluetooth accessories, or only one device?

If this only occurs with one Bluetooth accessory, reach out to the accessory manufacturer for additional assistance.

If this happens with every Bluetooth accessory you connect the iPhone to, head to Settings > Bluetooth (not Control Center) and turn this off and back on. Should the issue persist, restart both devices and try again.

Thanks!

This is also happening while I use Apple Music, regardless of where my phone is. It randomly pauses or disconnects from my Solo Pro or AirPods Pro when it is just sitting on my desk at work, so there is no random input happening. These issues occur at home and at work though. Sometimes the volume will randomly turn all the way down too. My phone will also disconnect from my vehicle’s Bluetooth when I listen to Apple Music also. None of these issues occur with Spotify.

i'm having these same issues since updating to 14.6, as well as songs pausing at 15 seconds in. when this happens, i'm unable to unpause, fast-forward, or restart the song. the only fix i've found to work is redownloading whichever songs are affected. it only happens in apple music. it happens regardless of if i'm using headphones, bluetooth, or playing music out of the phone speakers, and it happens regardless of if my phone is in my hand, pocket, or sitting on a table.

This is happening to me too. It's apparent on my main device which is a 12 Pro Max as well as some other devices I own. I also find this issue happening in the car with CarPlay. Sometimes CarPlay will straight up just crash, all since updating to 14.6.

OMG! This is soooooo annoying. I have the iPhone 12 and I use it with a blue tooth speaker while riding my motorcycle. It keeps pausing for no apparent reason. Dosen’t matter if I listen to Sirius app, Pandora or Apple Music. Definitely a bug with the iPhone as my iPhone 8 never had this problem. PLEASE HELP!

I’m experiencing the same thing with my iphone 11. I noticed that it only plays songs normally when I’m connected to wifi. Sometimes the song I tap on wouldn’t even play and the songs that do play all stop playing at exactly 0:15 seconds

Try deactivating dolby atmos in the audio section for apple music in the settings. Not entirely sure if it works perfectly but I just tried it right now and doesn’t seem to have a problem so far. Hope this can help everyone. Guess we’ll just have to wait for apple to fix this issue til we can all listen to the lossless tracks

I have this pausing problem also on my iPhone 12 Pro max. FW version is 14.7..1.

When I’m out cutting the yard listening to podcast with my AirPods max. The sound keeps pausing and I have to go to the phone screen to restart. The podcast is downloaded not streaming. I took the phone out of my pocket and put it on the deck of my mower so nothing touches the screen. The pausing still occurs. The pausing occurs many times while cutting the yard. It also happens while using the Audible app.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Guy

My iPhone 12 interrupts music constantly when the headphone jack (don’t have wireless earphones) takes the slightest contact or nudge. It makes this phone impossible to run with whilst listening to music. Never happened with any other iPhone model.

Problem solved. Another device was connected to both bluetooth devices in house. I am not sure if this "conflict" is something that has been occurring all along and after 14.6 it became an issue or this is the first time there has been the conflict of multiple devices being bluetoothed to the same audio devices.

Started happening with an iPhone 13 pro max and iOS 15.0.1. Happens with Apple Music and podcasts, both with streamed and downloaded content. What finally stopped it was turning off my Bluetooth and that seemed to prevent the pausing.