Apple Music songs are breaking up during playback

I'm looking in the community to see if others are having Apple Music breaking up during songs, but I don't see anything recent. It's not skipping entire songs, it's just stopping in the middle of the song. I use this for my business and it's annoying and embarrassing. I have tried clearing cache, using my iPhone instead of iPad, different locations, etc. Nothing is working and I'm considering switching to something else but I don't want to lose all of my playlists. My internet connection is fine at both locations that I have tried it. I tried deleting the app and reinstalling. Any other ideas? Thank you in advance.

Posted on Nov 20, 2025 6:11 AM

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Posted on Dec 9, 2025 11:47 PM

Turn OFF "Lossless Audio"

This solves the issue for most users.

Go to:

Settings → Music → Audio Quality →

Set Lossless Audio = OFF

Reason: lossless streams are more vulnerable to micro-interruptions.

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