Audio/Music STOPS playing when closing the Facebook app

Music on Apple Music pauses upon the following:

Your phone auto-locks while having FB open on screen, switching from FB to another app, closing FB app using the swipe up function, exiting FB to go to your Home Screen.

Any action where you leave Facebook, Apple Music pauses.

It involves the apps using audio resources. It’s a Facebook issue affecting multiple apps.

I have the same problem I just switched apps with closing Facebook out and it didn’t stop my music but it stops my music if I only close out Facebook without switching apps

Omg I thought I was the only one. The music stops if you're on facebook you're exiting by swiping up, assistive touch, even locking screen when on the facebook app. Started since last iOS update

Facebook update fixed it for me.

So glad to hear it’s not just me. It’s driving me NUTS! It happens with Apple Music and also the Podcasts app, if I exit Facebook in any way to return to the Home Screen those apps automatically pause what they’re playing.

I’m having the same issue and I have NOT updated to iOS 26. I’m running 18.6.2 on an iPhone 15. Having the issue whether I use the app switcher or just go to the Home Screen, doesn’t matter. So far only when exiting Facebook, no other apps.

I’m experiencing a strange issue on my iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 18.7.1. When both Facebook and TikTok are open at the same time, closing or swiping up to exit Facebook immediately stops TikTok as well.

I’ve already tried all the standard troubleshooting steps, including:

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• Turning off Low Power Mode
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• Enabling Background App Refresh
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• Updating iOS and both apps
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• Resetting all settings
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• Deleting and reinstalling the apps
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• Checking Focus Mode and Screen Time
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• Ensuring there is no MDM or VPN profile
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Despite all of this, the problem continues. It seems like a system-level issue where closing one app force-stops another running app.

I just updated a couple days ago and yes that’s what’s it’s doing. Has never happened before. I’ve always listened to my music and switched between fb TikTok and whatnot and the music always resumed play after closing

Came here looking for this problem. But also have something happening in the same vein.

Facebook videos audio will play on loop if I just lock the phone with the side button. I have to put my code back in and close the app manually. Anyone else experiencing this?

Definitely just a facebook issue. My gaming apps too I’ve turned off all possibilities such as autoplay etc & it is still doing it. It started with the iOS 26 update I didn’t want the ios26 update but I upgraded my phone and I had too. This sucks and apple needs to fix it asap since they won’t let us have Apple Music for free 😒

Do you realize that most of the world writes dates differently from US? He wrote 7/10/25, the seventh day, of the tenth month and I wrote the US version underneath. So yes, the Facebook update from October 7, 2025 fixed the issue for most people.

My Apple Music stop playing when I get out of the Facebook app. It also stops playing when I’m not in any apps and just listening to music it will pause and I have to hit play again. This just started happening. Please fix. Annoying!

I'm having the same issue. For me, it happens when I swipe home. Not even from closing Facebook, just putting it in the background pauses my music.

Am having same issue with my Pandora app. Like yours it just started, hopefully they fix this bug soon, it’s very annoying!