GoKawiilShimul Sood / Android Authority
TL;DR A YouTube Music bug is preventing users from playing the Next track.
While the bug mostly affects iOS users, there is at least one report from an Android user reporting a similar issue.
The fix for the problem seems laughably simple, though.
YouTube Music has been highly rated in many Android Authority surveys, both individually as the preferred music streaming service and as the best Spotify alternative. Its popularity stems from several factors: it’s bundled with YouTube Premium, works across platforms and devices (except Amazon Echo), and lets you play unofficial renditions and covers alongside official tracks. And since it’s so immensely popular, its issues can peeve thousands, and sometimes even millions of users. One such issue is now cropping up.
Over the last week, we’ve seen numerous reports of YouTube Music acting up. These reports are spread across Reddit and YouTube Music’s support forums and, more specifically, discuss the app’s inability to move to the next track.
Several of these reports echo the same issue: YouTube Music doesn’t automatically move to the next track when a particular song gets played through. And to make things even more frustrating for users, tapping the next (⏭) button doesn’t do anything either. And it persists even for users with YouTube Premium.
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The YouTube Music bug has largely troubled iOS users, who have mainly encountered it with CarPlay. Some users, including my colleague Aamir Siddiqui, reported experiencing this when playing songs on YouTube Music directly on their iPhones. And despite the majority of reports coming from iOS users, at least one Android user also reported facing the same issue.
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