Audio playback stuttering/skipping iOS11.4

I play music on my iPad Pro in the mornings and always get the stuttering after awhile. This morning when it started stuttering I tried restarting iTunes and played the same song again and it was fine. So seems like there is some bug that occurs after iTunes has been playing for awhile. Pretty absurd that Apple hasn't fixed this. I never had this issue with all the iPods I used decades ago.

I have an Iphone 7 plus and I first started experiencing this with the 11.3 update and it's gotten worse with the 11.4 update. I called them and they said the best way to fix it is to reset your whole phone and start it as a brand new iphone. Don't use an icloud back up because the issue is software related. I did this back with it started doing it with the 11.3 update and it was fine, but there was the whole nightmare of logging back in to everything. I had to put in passwords for apps that I haven't put the password in for years. All was going well until the 11.4 update, which i should've known better than to update to it but I thought it would have the fix in it but nope here i am with the same problem all over again.

Okay, I skimmed through this thread and I mostly see "me too" and "I am switching to Android" replies. 1. Go to Android and stop threatening to do so. No one here cares what device you use. We are volunteers who answer legitimate technical questions. 2. Force restart your devices. 3. It is possible that it is not an apple issue but a Spotify/Pandora/other streaming service issue. 4. If a force restart does not work you will need to make a full backup and then restore to factory settings and set up as new. Do not restore from the backup. 5. I am running the latest software on an iPhone X with no issues at all. 6. If you are having a different issue, create your own thread and stop trying to ride on someone else's.

The silence from Apple is deafening.

What you obviously failed to acknowledge is all of those solutions failed. Practically all apps that use Audio are affected in one way or another. This problem does not affect the NEW 8s or Xs so please take your angst somewhere else. Those of us who have actually talked with Apple are aware they know what the problem is, but they will NOT publicly acknowledge it.

I have carried out all of the above described reloads on 3 occasions, after 11.3, 11.3.1 and recently 11.4 as I have stuttering audio everywhere but it's particularly annoying whilst making calls. I'm certainly not jumping on a thread bandwagon, simply a little relieved to see this is a known bug. Also if you read the thread you will learn that this does not affect iphone 8 and X do part of your response is not relevant. My easiest option is to upgrade and spend significantly more money than I have already, due to corrupt software and I refuse to do that! I expect the odd glitch here and the but these phones are the most expensive on the market and therefore should not be compromised for this period of time with a major software bug, I'm currently making calls off an old Moto G and it works!

I do not have an issue with people having technical problems. I have an issue with the extra unnecessary commentary that means absolutely nothing. There are very few troubleshooting steps that can address certain issues. Simplified they are 1. Reboot. 2. Reset. 3. Restore to factory settings. Which ones of those has any of you tried? If you are restoring from a backup your backups may be corrupted. Which is why I suggested set up as new. You can try to go to settings>general>reset>reset all settings but I do not think that will fix this particular issue which is why I did not mention it. Which leaves only two solutions and that is what I gave you. This thread is full of mob mentality comments that have nothing to do with the problem. Comments that say "I tried this and this" is what I should have found here but I didn't see those. You came here for help we did not come to you. A full wipe and restore takes about 20 minutes. You could know in less than an hour that it does not skip or stutter anymore. You have the procedure that may solve the issue.

Comments about Android have nothing to do with you! Also, it does not seem to be linked to any software. I have issues with Soundcloud, Music, Audiobooks. I set my phone up new and still happens. I have not been able to replicate it on cue. It is annoying as ****.

Add me to the +1’s.

I upgraded my 6s from 10.x to 11.4 and now I’m occasionally getting the skipping/stuttering in the native music app. Sometimes pausing and restarting the song fixes it. Other times I have to exit music and restart it to get it to go away.

iPhone 6s and the same issue. On a 11.3.1 it was rare and doesn’t very annoying. But after 11.4 it happened every time. Every audio app stutters after one second of screen dim. Clearly it has some connection to sleep mode energy efficieny. No matter which output- headphones, dock station, bt headset. It stutters on everything connected. In every app that produce sound - music and even on a phonecalls and that is really pain in the lower back. Main functions of a device which is a phone calls and a music are working disgracefully bad. I really thinking of buying some android after what those unprofessional Apple programmers are doing

Hi, I've had the same problem since 11.3. Infuriating, as I listen to music every day.

Anyway, a workaround, which has worked for me ... for the last couple of weeks, at least: Download the Radsone Hi-Res music player app (I have no affiliation, BTW), and play your music via that, not the Apple Music app.

(Downside, you need to download the music to your phone. You cannot use the app on music in the cloud.)

I have the same problem while playing podcasts. There are 2 separate problems though. The 1st is that audio stuttering no matter what. I have tried restarting the phone, closing other apps, no luck. And the 2nd problem is the random skipping or pause this only happens when I am walking with the phone in my pocket, it appears to be that the screen turns on even though is on my jeans pocket and the music controls get triggered, that is why sometimes it pauses sometimes it skip to the next episode, sometimes it skips 3 or 4 episode in a row. It is a mess. I have been using the iPhone for podcasts since the iPhone 4 and this is the first time I have this problem. It is really annoying. Please apple return to the normal beha

Just adding my 2 cents. iPhone 7. iOS 11.4. Playback issues with podcasts, Spotify plus phone calls in car. Sound will skip and stutter on playback. Phone calls via bluetooth sound like slow motion , deep and added waa was echo. I notice mostly in car (but i do most of my playback in the car) with Belkin Apple approved adapter.

Have restarted phone and hard reset. I have not done restore or restore to factory settings. The last thing I want to do is all that work and end up with the same issue.

2 most troubling points.

1. Apple does not acknowledge this bug. Completely silent.

2. It is not occurring on 8, 8+, X

I am torn between buying a new phone because of this (exactly what they want?) or waiting out a Hail Mary software update with a fix.

I do love the iPhone, warts and all but this is bothersome on many levels.

Hoping on the +1 train as well.

iPhone 6S Plus, was on 11.3 until I stopped getting text notifications for one person in the messages app, even though they were not set on do not disturb, and I was getting normal notifications from everyone else... updated to 11.4 and now this?

I rely on my phone for streaming Spotify multiple times a day, and it's skipping like a ******* CD? I thought the whole point of moving to digital formats was to avoid this exact problem.... extremely disappointed.

Seriously Apple, get your $hit together. If this many people are having this exact issue over such a broad range of hardware, it's definitely a software issue.

*** Apple? People have been complaining about this since the 11.3 release...and with 11.4 it seems to be WORSE on my iPhone6.

Audio through your phone is a CORE FUNCTIONALITY and software for the Apple phone currently doesn't work. How does this happen? Where are the Apple support people to answer questions. There's HUNDREDS of people posting here indicating this is a persistent, widespread problem.

Every year it gets worse and worse. I never thought I'd say this...but this is my last iPhone. Never again.

As a previous user of an iPhone 6 and now a new iPhone 8, and using the latest iOS updates, I have had various stuttering issues with audio when my device is running CarPlay. Granted, 99% of the time I use CarPlay, so I can't confirm if this also happens when using BlueTooth headphones. When the audio starts stuttering (rapid fire style) the only way I can fix it is disconnecting/reconnect the USB cable. Most of the time I may hear a random skip in the music. You can glance down and look at the time the skip happened, then restart the same song and you may never hear it again. The behavior is totally random and unpredictable. Apple needs to step up to the plate and either declare the bug as a known issue or get their act together and get back into the quality mode they once had. Tim are you listening? ;-)