iPhone randomly starts playing music

I have the same problem. I was at a concert in a small venue. During a particularly quiet moment, pandora went off. Was I listening to something calm or easy listening? No. I was listening to the comedian Lewis Black. It started screaming explitives at full volume. It was like my iPhone 7 has Tourette's syndrome. You can imagine the looks I got. I really hope they figure this out soon.

My iPhone 7 plus does this all the time. I have pandora, but the music that is playing doesn't come from my pandora app. It's music that I have in the Apple Music app. When I double click the home button to try and force close the app it doesn't even show up. I can force close every app and the music will still be playing.

Same issue on my iPhone 6. I do not have anything else linked to it, except an ear piece. It usually happens after a phone call. Pandora is not on -- sometimes Audible is-- sometimes not. Lots of people seem to be having this problem, I do not see any answers.

I have the same problem. It happened with my iPhone 5 and now it happens with my iPhone 6. Why hasn’t this been fixed yet? I almost threw my phone out the window the last time this happened in the car. This has been going on with me and a few people I know for years, surely apple is going to do something?

This happens to me too, it stared when I was on holiday, abroad, and it’s annoying because I do try to turn my phone off and on, but it still does this, I do have an Apple Watch, and it first started when I was wearing it, also Siri comes up randomly. I hope apple sorts this otherwise I will have to ask for a new phone for my birthday. I’m not pleased.

Yes the same has happened to me and it’s very annoying. When my phone is in my pocket or just randomly in my hand, my music from my iTunes starts to play. And yes, my earphones are in when this happens. It’s very annoying because if I’m trying to watch videos, it disturbs it. Also siri has been starting uncontrollably in addition to this problem. This problem started around a few days ago and I don’t know how to fix It. I currently have an iPhone 5s.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately this persistent problem is not exclusive to one particular model as this is a "problem" for any apple phone. It is a good way to drain your battery without your knowledge which is perfect example of another way Apple keep you focused on their beautiful product ... and here we are.

I take it that this is a problem beyond Apple's ability. No pandora. No app is open. It starts to play music from last website I have visited or last app I have used. It causes battery problems and mobile data usage issues. Apple could not sort this out for years.

If you by any chance just updated your device, then we figured out that Apple prepackaged some music into the update, that loads into your music app. For us it was U2 and we deleted the playlist, which stopped anything from playing automatically. If you have any music on your iPhone\iPad, you can stop this functionality unfortunately.

If you have headphones plugged int, then take them out to see if it stops happening.

Have been having music from my library on my iPad Air start playing randomly as well as Siri starting up uninvited for a couple of months, but it’s gotten progressively worse with each update. Happens several times a day. Interesting to read this has been going on quite awhile with equally random results in attempts to stop this. I have removed Pandora, Bluetooth turned off, Siri turned off, etc, etc, no help. This is my husbands Ipad, and he does have the apple earbuds plugged in most of the time. Getting him to remove them is not an option. So far, I haven’t had this issue on my iPad Air Pro or our phones. This is now February 2018 and I’m wondering what it will take to get this bug fixed. It’s not rendering the Ipad unusable, but it’s a real annoyance to have to stop and manually close out music and Siri each time. Hoping someone will come up with a fix.

Maybe turn off Bluetooth, since earbuds connect via Bluetooth. Keep in mind, that iOS 11 updates changed the way Bluetooth connectivity works. If you disable it from control panel, it will turn back on again the next day.

Sakina1234, this is exactly what we’ve seen experimenting with solutions for stopping the music and Siri. It’s only happening when the earbuds are plugged in, but more specifically, only the Apple earbuds and not another brand we have. Also, we’re not connecting wirelessly, only directly plugging into the jack, so no Bluetooth Connection. Time will tell if this will continue to make a difference.

It happens to me too, but since I don't have Pandora it might be linked to another App. In my case, it could have something to do with the Nike Run App because it plays music that I selected while using it.

This is quite normal for Apple. You get this function on all IPhones . The reason why they have added music to spontaneously emit from your phone at inappropriate times is to simply keep you consciously aware you have their product in your pocket which ultimately has power over you and can cause you to face disciplinary action at work at any given moment. Nothing is accidental . The headphones , the chargers , the battery drainage, the auto ringing/face timing to ex bosses on your contact list at 2am u and the spontaneous music is all part of the plan . Apple are no fools. All these seemingly below par and inferior products are specifically designed flaws. It's 2018... if they gave you something that worked properly.. how could they possible bend your will to by the upgraded product? Genius.

I have badly experienced it in the middle of last night. My iPhone turned on playing music from my Apple Music via JBL bluetooth soundbar speakers (which wasn't even activated that moment on my iPhone but paired in memory) and sound was at maximum level. When I (asleep) tried to turn volume down from my iPhone side buttons, it's then back to maximum. It was looked like someone else had control on my iPhone. When I turned Apple Music off, music was still playing on bluetooth speakers. Then I turned off speakers. In a minute everything repeated. Finally I turned off Bluetooth on my iPhone and it's stopped. Lately in the night my TV turned on because someone tried to connect my Apple TV outside from my home network (AirPlay was available for outside home network with a pass). I don't know if these two cases are connected to each other, but looks strange. Any new weakness on iOS?