Playlists on Apple Watch stopping when on Shuffle after 1 or 2 songs in

[alosurdo]

Hi, i am having an issue on my Apple Watch Ultra 2 where playslists that are on shuffle are stopping 1 or 2 songs in. It has only just started happening in the last week.

Is anyone else having a similar issue?

Plan

Premium

Country

Australia

Device

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Operating System

WatchOS26

[Ivelina]

Hey @alosurdo,

Thank you for creating this thread in the forum.

We had a look, but there don't seem to be any recent similar user posts, so we'd like to gather more info. Let us know:

• Did this behavior occur with the newest iOS update for the first time?
• Is this happening only when Shuffle is enabled?
• Does the behavior persist with another internet connection (Wi-Fi, mobile data) and in Offline Mode? 
• Troubleshooting steps that you've performed so far (clean reinstall, software update, relinking the watch and your iPhone etc.).

We'll be on the lookout for your response.

[Morga84]

Same problem here. I went for a run with my new Watch Ultra 3, iOS 26, premium plan, and cellular data connection. After 2 or 3 songs, the app freezes—it won’t go forward or backward. Completely closing and reopening it worked once, then I gave up… Now I’m updating to 26.0.1, restarting everything, and I’ll try again.