why is apple music so slow

why is apple music slow


nothing like Spotify


if you click on a song it has to load for a few moments? so frustrating, you want it to be instant like spotify but its nothing like spotify


apple you need to fix this as it is so annoying, im so surprised you havent sorted this before releasing it, its just not apple culture, its made it hard to use it and want to stay with it


also whilst i am playing the songs in my playlist it stops all of a sudden sometimes half way through a song no reason.


all my artwork is different which shouldn't have changed,


but the most annoying thing is the fact that when i click a song it has to LOAD , mean this is not the 90's is it ?

Posted on Jul 5, 2015 10:30 AM

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Jul 13, 2017 5:11 AM in response to derbz

I’ve the same problem on my iPad Pro and iPhone 7 Plus .

the iPad shows as downloaded until you try to play...then it starts downloading. The iTunes app shows all have been downloading. There’s also some issues with Music videos. When I choose one to watch, another starts instead. With the iPhone I have about 150 songs and a dozen videos that show ‘downloading’ but this has been over several days and I can’t see if anything is actually loading.

im not a Spotify user, if I may become one soon

Jul 6, 2015 6:40 AM in response to derbz

I have exactly the same problem on both my iPad air 2 and iphone 6.


The both stop part way through a song or a song shows that it has downloaded fully but hasn't.


Spotify is far quicker but I am sure they had teething troubles in the beginning.


I have to say even with the problems, Apple music is superb and I hope they sort the teething problems out soon.


It's just great having all your music in one place but speed is not an option these days, it's a must.

Jul 10, 2015 5:29 AM in response to derbz

Same with me, and some songs don't load at all, just tried to listen to Petestrumentals 2 and iTunes hang on the first song Heaven & Earth. Starting the 2nd song worked, but again trying to start song 1: nothing.

On my iPhone 4S it is much worse. Often playback just stops. Downloading for offline listening also does only work partial – some songs are downloaded, others not. Where do I see, which song has been successfully downloaded? Not that Spotify didn't crash on me all the time since they did their last updates, but it was much smoother than this!

Aug 16, 2015 2:56 PM in response to derbz

I'm having the same problem here on both my iPhone 4s and iPhone 6. The pausing seems to be related to switching between 4G and wifi. If I disable cellular data access for Apple Music, then I don't have issues with intermittently pausing songs.


I would love to use Apple Music because I believe that integrating with my local music library is a nice feature. Unfortunately, I will be heading back to spotify.

Dec 2, 2015 11:09 AM in response to derbz

Are you using a bluetooth device while streaming?


I noticed that I was having lag issue only when using a my Bose bluetooth device. It's a problem with interactions between your WIFI and Bluetooth. I was lucky enough to have a router with a 5 Ghz modem and it solved all my problems. But you can get into 2.4 Ghz modem and change channels to see if that helps.


Now that I have switched Apple Music works fine... except the layout still *****!

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