Skipping, pausing and stuttering

[drhvanr]

I'm a Premium user (version 1.9.0.1273) almost exclusively on my phone (HTC Desire X).

Over the last month or so Spotify has been skipping, pausing and stuttering as if it's buffering, or as if I'm listening to a scratched CD. Following advice seen in this forum I've made sure crossfade is turned off and streaming and download are set to the lowest values. However, the problem persists.

I used to use Spotify every day, but currently can't due to the frequency of this frustrating problem. Can this be fixed?

[klathzazt]

This worked for me:

App Info -> 

Battery -> 

 Battery Optimization ->  click "All apps"

  find Spotify on the list, Change from "Optimize" to "Don't optimize"

Important to note that this there is still an initial stutter at the beginning of playback, but after that it is smooth (even after subsequent pauses). 

[rse78]

Thank you for this tip. However, one shouldn't even have to think on how to avoid this stuttering. It's a music file and not an old vynil, overused casette etc. It's 2018...

So up to Spotify to sort this out. Untill that time just move to a different app.