# Mobile device not recognizing downloaded Plex music

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/mobile-device-not-recognizing-downloaded-plex-music/875235>\
**Category:** Plex Players\
**Tags:** ios-legacy, downloads\
**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mobile-device-not-recognizing-downloaded-plex-music/875235 "2024-04-17T10:59:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![daveyscott341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@daveyscott341](https://forums.plex.tv/u/daveyscott341)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mobile-device-not-recognizing-downloaded-plex-music/875235/1 "2024-04-17T10:59:47Z")

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I don’t subscribe to Tidal, but I have a few thousand purchased songs downloaded through my Plex app on my iPhone. The Plex app is fully updated. When I’m away from my home, I would expect that, when clicking on Downloaded music, the music would be recognized immediately and play right away. But almost always, there is a delay of at least a few minutes as it seems to struggle to play any music at all. Once or twice, I can’t get the music to launch. My guess is that it’s trying to connect to Plex to authorize me to play my own purchased music. Is that what’s going on? Is there a way that I can my music when I want to?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/mobile-device-not-recognizing-downloaded-plex-music/875235/2 "2024-07-16T10:59:54Z")

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