IOS 18 Apple Music Keeps Crashing

my apple music was working fine when i got the update until recently i would say a week? the song skips perfectly fine but when i wanna skip it, it sort of stays on the song but the app freezes for minute but keeps playing the song so when i exit the app, it has the song it previously was playing.

it also freezes on the control center when i wanna skip the song so i have to exit the app to restart it to work again.

Same here. Constant crashing on my iPad, iOS18. Sometimes the music keeps playing, but the controls are non functional and the UI doesn't update. Can't power down using the new power button in Control Center either. Very annoying. Not using any 3rd party music apps, just the Apple Music app. Songs aren't being streamed, they are in my library and downloaded to the device.

I contacted Apple support, and they advised me to reset all settings, which I did. Unfortunately, the issue still persists as you described. We're definitely losing our subscription money due to a problem we've never encountered before. I hope they release an update to fix this soon. I encourage everyone to reach out to Apple support and report any issues as they arise; this will help prioritize their fixing efforts.

As of 10/08, after the iOS 18.1 update, can confirm it is still an issue as well.

Tried all general “fixes”, restarting phone, closing out of music app and reopening, resetting settings, logging out of Apple Music and logging back in, etc.

Happens on either iPhone, iPad, MacBook for me. Happens regardless of whether I shuffle a playlist/artist/album or if I just manually select the album or song and let it play in order.

PLEASE FIX THIS NOW APPLE SO ANNOYING

Hello,

Since the update to IOS 18, the Music app has been crashing several times a day for me too. Really very annoying and irritating.

Greetings from Germany

Rainer :)

Same here. No streaming at all. local files only. Keeps crashing. It helps using third party music apps. They do not crash although they use the same library.

I deleted all of my downloads & then re-added them when the problem first presented itself after the IOS 18.0 & 18.01 update. It was not successful in correcting the issues. I am extremely disappointed & irritated. I hope they have a resolution with the IOS 18.02 update. We as customers pay too much money for Apple Music Subscription for it to be worthless, unreliable & useless. Apple, IPhone, IOS etc. have existed for far too long to have issues like we are experiencing.

Same every time I play a song or playlist it freezes and can’t skip a song.

I don't want to jinx this but I have gone ahead and installed the iOS 18.1 RC on my iPad and I have been using the Apple Music app for 24 hours now WITHOUT and problems. Hang on everyone. The fix you are waiting for appears to be coming. Fingers crossed that this is REAL. So far it is going fine.

For me even the downloaded music keeps crashing

Yes! So for me it lags then shuts down. Anytime I enter a song I got the search bar in a playlist it doesn’t play the song. It’s so frustrating! I hope they fix it with iOS 18.1

Same here. I downloaded Vox free version and it plays all of my music and all of my playlists...without crashing and freezing up. Music is the main thing I use my iPad for. Airplay to my stereo throughout the house. VOX does it all AND it sounds better than Apple Music App. I now have Vox on my iPhone, Mac and two iPads. Tired of waiting for Apple to figure things out. Can I just ask...what is beta testing for if it can't catch things like this? Especially in an Apple native app.

Nope. Never had crossfade on so that is not the problem I am having.

Similar problem. My music collection is resident on my phone - I'm not listening via any streaming services. Apple Music crashes after a few moments and won't reopen until I restart the phone. Then rinse and repeat.

This is adding insult to injury, after all the woes of Sonos, which no longer plays my curated Apple Music playlists. I have my own library of music, but I can't play it anywhere. Time for me to go back to physical media. Where's my CD player?