AppleMusic app issue after iOS 26 update on iPhone

Just want to say for the sake of sanity because Apple is not listening to me>


I have a iPhone 15 Pro MAX and I had problems in the past with the more recent updates of iOS 24, leading up to iOS 26 and 26.3 on AppleMusic app specifically (way before that, I’ve had and still been having problems with the Notes app since iOS 14 to now with increasingly worse bugs and providing no help, but thats a whole nother can of worms that I’ve given up on). I have tried all the tricks for turning off motion, transparency, and all the other recommendations, but nothing works. I’ve given up hope and am very disappointed with Apple. These will be major listed symptoms for my AppleMusic app on iPhone 15 Pro MAX with the newest update below.


  • Slow navigation
  • Slow download speeds
  • When scrolling down most artists’ profiles, it freezes, making the app unusable
  • After adding the first song to any of my playlists, it gets increasingly slower, increasingly slow load in for album cover(s), and the whole add to playlists window is increasingly slow the more I add songs
  • When adding songs to playlist(s), it also takes an increasingly long time to switch songs
  • For no reason at all, the app will freeze or crash, no longer able to use it until I close and reopen the app, also bugging the song if I’m still listening to a song after the app has been closed
  • Adding new songs directly to my playlist from my playlist can crash the app
  • Random quick actions when navigating the app while using the search bar keyboard will cause an unremovable black bar at the bottom of the screen and the size of the bar will increase in size the more I use the search bar and sometimes will glitch out my selected keyboard, making it the default keyboard until I restart the app


There are more smaller issues, but these need to be fixed the most ASAP.

iPhone 11 Pro Max

Posted on Feb 14, 2026 3:03 AM

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Feb 14, 2026 3:58 AM in response to MarshallLeeGaming

Hi, this is not Apple Support. Apple and Apple Support do not participate in the communities here. They only moderate our posts to insure all user guidelines are followed in regard to content and user behavior. Your comments and feelings will not be reviewed by Apple. Apple will make changes based partially on the feedback they receive through their official channel, linked below.


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You’ll get more useful and constructive advice if you post this in the Apple Music community and not the iPhone community. Many members here may not be active Apple Music users. I’m asking the moderators to move your post to Apple Music.

AppleMusic app issue after iOS 26 update on iPhone

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