Apple Music issues after iOS 18 Update

Naturally, like everyone on here, I “hope” they have fixed this. It’s concerning that many of us seemed to have experienced different problems. That leaves me wondering exactly what it is that they may have fixed. This blunder and then the failure to confront the problem more openly have left me questioning my devotion to Apple devices and their ecosystem.

Not Music related, I know, but I have noticed that since iOS18 my phone keeps on switching to ‘driving mode’, even when I’m nowhere near my car. This is annoying because driving mode is supposed to mean it sends automated responses to WhatsApp and Messenger messages to say I’m driving and will be in contact when I reach my destination, and similar with phone calls. If it’s doing this when I’m sitting in front of the tv at home …. I’m going to attempt to turn off that functionality, wish me luck.

adding to the above:

the artwork on the island is greyed out in one of the many glitches, and when you try to play or skip the song on the island, it doesn’t respond after you tap on the buttons… when this happens, I open the app and it shows a song I selected when I had the app open (I’ve listed to like 4-6 songs by now, and not that one), so I have to tap on the forward button until I get back to the song I was last listening to. Sometimes this doesn’t even work ‘cause the whole app froze and I have to close it and open it up again (and lose the last song I was playing). Really frustrating.

Also, when the

Try this:

Restart your device: A simple restart can often resolve app-related issues.

Update the app: Check if there’s an update available for Apple Music in the App Store.

Reset settings: Go to Settings > Music, and toggle off/on features like Dolby Atmos, EQ, and Sound Check. You can also try resetting your network settings (Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings) in case it’s a streaming issue.

Reinstall Apple Music: Uninstall and reinstall the app to ensure there are no corrupted files causing the issue.

Check for a new iOS patch: Apple may release minor updates to fix bugs after major releases. See if an update is available in Settings > General > Software Update.

18.1 will be released next week hopefully they will fix the issues but I’m not holding out any hope for that, may need to wait till 18.2. Many people comment saying Apple haven’t commented or made any reference. They do not reply to this forum. If you want Apple to take notice raise a support ticket.

The tech support I talked to said they are aware, she’s gotten multiple calls about it, all routed up the tech support chain. She didn’t know any more.

upshot, they know about it but no indication when it will be fixed.

I worked with Tech support two weeks ago - did diagnostics on all the issues and sent all the data in but to no avail.

I am guessing the iOS 18.1 update on Monday won't address any of this - everything I've read says it's all about the AI features.

The Music App is pretty much worthless at this point!

I cannot open the app at all, a white screen opens and it crashes. I tried deleting and reinstalling the app, connecting the phone to iTunes and reinstalling the update, resetting the entire phone, and Apple advisor suggested signing out of purchases and signing back in re starting the phone and nothing has fixed it.

Honestly feels like over night this app has completely pooped the bed. What a sad state, this once amazing and revolutionary software is. I have a fast internet connection, my computer is not that old yet I see constant performance issues from Apple Music. They really need to fix it. When managing playlists, there's constantly issues with them. If I want to update a playlist info (name, organization) it mostly doesn't update, and I have to restart the app and try again. What a shame. Spotify certainly is looking like a good alternative again. Apple fix your s***

I was getting the same issue with Apple music. But get it fixed now. I tried two things. First I uninstalled the Apple music app and the installed it again. Second, logout of my apply account which logs me out from the music app and the n login again. It fixed the Apple Music issue for iOS 18.x.

I can't click (either with fingers or apple pen) on any new search if the band/song I am looking for hasn't been searched in the past (tried with some random and known band I never listened to). I can accurately reproduce this and 9/10 times it's an issue (tired with some big band names that never listened to but this seems to work)

Feels like a cache/database problem

A few days since the iOS 18.1 update and it hasn't frozen, crashed, and gone back to the end of the previous song. Definitely running much better. Not perfect, sometimes it takes a couple of seconds after switching to the next song to update the song title and artwork, but at least the crashes seem gone for now.

After v 18.0 iTunes update two immediate issues with music playback surfaced:

1. Album Artwork projected from iPhone15 to smart LG TV via AirPlay appears noticeably SMALLER. This is a significant reduction.

2 Song ‘playback’ quality has been reduced to the point where songs sound ‘tinny’ and raspy.

If I play music and then go use another app or close my phone for sometime, my music will eventually stop playing and the app will crash when I go back to it. So far the only way I’ve figured out how to avoid this bug is to periodically go back to the app. However because it doesn’t always happen after the same amount of time or songs (afaik) I sometimes forget or take too long. This happens with carplay, bluetooth headphones, and my bluetooth speaker.

My issues after the update are:

Dolby Atmos sound is unstable (goes on and off). After pausing the song the Atmos logo and sound return.

Songs often “skip a beat”.

I use the Sonos app to play Apple Music.