Having Trouble Streaming iHeartRadio?
Live radio that times out, pauses at random or disconnects mid-song usually means your internet connection is either too slow for streaming audio or is losing data along the way, which you hear as silence and stalling. The iHeartRadio app itself is rarely the culprit.
Speedify is an app that keeps Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, wired Ethernet, Starlink and other internet connections running at the same time, so iHeartRadio has a second internet connection to stream over when one stalls. With only one connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping. What comes next covers why iHeartRadio disconnects and what using Speedify adds to your listening.
How to Keep iHeartRadio Playing with Speedify
- Download Speedify on your iPhone or Android phone.
- Open Speedify and create a free account (the free tier includes 5 GB per month), or sign in.
- Keep Wi-Fi on and turn on 4G/5G cellular too, so Speedify has two internet connections to work with.
- Connect. Speedify uses both connections at once and moves your traffic to the working one when one drops.
- Open iHeartRadio and play your station.
Why iHeartRadio Keeps Stopping or Cutting Out
More often than not iHeartRadio loses connection because there is an issue with your Internet connection. It might be that your internet connection is too slow and doesn’t have enough bandwidth for streaming audio, or that the connection is flaky and experiencing excessive “packet loss.” What’s worse, is that both of these issues are often amplified when you are on the move since mobile devices cannot easily transition between different Wi-Fi networks or cell towers without interrupting apps and disrupting downloads.
Rule out the quick fixes first: update the iHeartRadio app, restart your phone, and check whether iHeartRadio is having an outage on a status site such as Downdetector. Turn off Low Power Mode on an iPhone, or battery saver on Android, while you listen, so the phone does not limit the app in the background. If the stream still stops or cuts out, the internet connection is the cause.
Regardless of the root cause, by default mobile devices are designed to only use one internet connection at a time, despite the fact that they are often connected to both Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular. But, what if you could use BOTH connections for their combined speed and reliability?
How Speedify Keeps iHeartRadio Playing on Wi-Fi and 4G/5G Cellular
Speedify is a secure VPN service that changes the way your mobile device connects to the Internet. Instead of just using one connection, Speedify allows your device to connect to the internet over both Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular at the same time. That adds bandwidth and gives iHeartRadio a second connection to fall back on, so the stream keeps playing when one signal fades.
Speedify also monitors the quality of your internet connections. When it detects that a signal is weak or that the network is too slow, Speedify reroutes the data through the other working connection. When the other connection is back online and reliable, Speedify begins using it again, automatically and in the background.
Additional Benefits of Speedify
In addition to delivering a faster Internet experience to your mobile device, Speedify encrypts all the data sent to and from your device. Speedify keeps you safe from compromised Wi-Fi networks, snooping ISPs, and other threats. To keep 4G/5G cellular use down, you can set cellular to Secondary priority and give it a data cap in the Speedify app, so Speedify leans on Wi-Fi and adds cellular when the Wi-Fi is not enough.
iHeartRadio Keeps Playing with Two Internet Connections
With Speedify and two internet connections, iHeartRadio keeps playing when one connection stalls, and your listening stays encrypted on public Wi-Fi.
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