Music pausing (was initally Google Play Music pausing)

[AnotherElk]

Perhaps for others to check this out there’s a little bit of input missing here …

• What exactly does it say in Settings - About Phone - Build number?
• Do you use a microSD card in the phone?
  If so …
• You mentioned the latest big Android update (I guess from Android 5 to 6) … There should have been a choice of whether to incorporate the SD card into internal storage or to leave it as is as external storage. What did you choose?
• If the SD card is external storage, where do you play the music from? Internal storage or SD card?

Did you try the hints from the other thread already?

Music Paused every few minutes

Ok. According to your posts, your setup is as following: Music saved locally on your phone, not streamed Music played via speaker, not via Bluetooth or headphone jack (I hope you disabled Bluetooth during your tests so there are no short-time connections to Bluetooth speakers.) That eliminates many reasons why the music is stopping. But I can imagine another reason why the music app is pausing: When another app is playing a sound. That can be even a silent sound you don’t hear. Try it with s…

Music Paused every few minutes

To rule out any other interfering app (like @TobiasF suggested), you should boot into Safe Mode. If the issue persists, then the operating system or the hardware of your phone is the cause of the issue.