Videos won't stay paused on my iPad

When viewing a video on my iPad, and I hit the pause button, the video will stop, but will restart on its own after 5 or 6 seconds. When I hit the pause button again, the video will stay paused until I hit play. Any suggestions?



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iPad Pro, iPadOS 18

Posted on Feb 18, 2025 07:06 PM

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Feb 19, 2025 10:17 AM in response to bhanu5567

My iPad is definitely updated. I actually had this problem before this latest update. I’m on YouTube a good bit so I notice it more there than other apps. This issue has popped up on other apps, like News apps and Pinterest. I’ve recently noticed that, in order to play a video, I have to hit the play button twice. Odd. The video will play, I pause it, then it restarts on its own after 5-8 seconds. If I hit the pause again, it will stay paused. I was checking my email yesterday when out of the blue a video starts to play. I had to shut down my iPad because I couldn’t find the source of the video. Really odd.

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