Music stops playing during song

[Kmecham]

My music stopa playing when u am i a song. I have to unlock my phone and open spotify then it will start playing again. How do I get it to continue playing without stoping?

[osornios]

@Kmecham

Are you using aa Samsung phone?

Samsung introduced an agressive power saving option which is closing Spotify when the application is sent to the background or the screen display turned off.

Check this thread:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/Stops-playing-on-Samsung-Galaxy-S7-Edge/m-p/1311156/

There is a battery saving option that you need to turn off. More info here:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Android/PSA-Samsung-users-please-read/td-p/1334731