music.app stuttering

Okay, tried it myself. The issue went away after updating. I tried both the betas of 11.4.1 and 12.

The post from Christoffee makes me think that it's not a iOS issue as much as it is a problem caused during the system update.

Bottom line: either you restore the phone (making sure you have backup etc obviously), or if you can upgrade the phone do that instead. 11.4.1 should come out any day now.

Advice: force close every app you might have running on the phone before upgrading.

I did a restore from backup today and so far it’s solved.

As stupid as it sounds, I now always force-close the Music app before upgrading, and haven't had the issue represent itself in a while (and I've upgraded multiple times since I first had the issue).

Hi, smurfless.

I see that music you've downloaded to your iPhone with your Apple Music subscription seems choppy. Great job on the troubleshooting you've completed and I'm happy to help.

How to force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch -- First, force close Music application if it's open, then -- Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch -- Restart your iPhone. Once it's returned to the Home screen, test the issue.

Remove built-in Apple apps from the Home screen on your iOS 10 device or Apple Watch -- Remove then restore the Music app. You'll need to download a song in order to test again.

Let me know how that goes.
Take care!

I get the stuttering issue on my iPhone 7 Plus with my own synced music. If I remember right it started after the upgrade to iOS 11.3 but continues with iOS 11.4. It happens both with wired headphones and CarPlay. Usually unplugging then replugging fixes it, but the last time it happened just now it came back shortly after. A hard reset has fixed it for now it seems.

Also experiencing this on my iPhone 7 with downloaded (offline) music. Seems to be quite easy to replicate just by waking the screen, locking it and then waiting for a few seconds. Also getting it during normal playback too.

I have listened to hours of music today and I have had no stuttering at all. A restore from backup is a bit time consuming if you have a slow internet connection, and is a pain, but it seems like a definite fix for me. Best of luck you guys.

They reset my phone at the Apple Store and it was fixed for a few days... Back to the same issues after a few days or so and I will not reset again as it it a pain in *** to reset all the notifications and settings back to how I want my phone.

Apple needs an acceptable fix for this!

I am having this same issue on iPhone 7 with downloaded music from my apple music subscription. It is persistent and irritating. using iOS 11.3.1 all other apps closed and it happens on BT headphone or wired.

Agreed. Yesterday, after music stopped playing because of this issue, instead of starting stuttering, audio stopped working altogether, I couldn't even reproduce vocal messages!

I had to restart the device.

I’ve had one stutter since my restore! So I will keep my ears well and truely peeled. I’ll be back at work tomorrow so will be listening to a lot of music. I’ll update this forum.

Thank you wasp898. I look forward to 11.4.1.

Having the same issue. I believe it started around April. It stopped after the last update but I just installed 11.4.1 and its back. It happens most often with downloaded podcasts and downloaded music in Itunes. Incredibly frustrating and I'll be stopping my subscription to iTunes and switching over to Apple's competitor until I hear this issue is fixed.

Any fix for this? It is driving me crazy and ruining my user experience.

Very disappointed to still be having this issues on my iPhone 7 even after the most recent update to iOS 11.4

Please fix it. Music should just work and sound good. Basic iPhone function