You can only listen to music from certain sources on Apple Watch. Here’s what you need to know about listening to music on Apple Watch. With Apple Watch, you can control music playing from apps on your iPhone, but you can’t play Spotify or Pandora on your Apple Watch.
If you want to run with the Apple Watch and leave your iPhone at home, you should plan to sync your workout playlists to the Apple Watch or subscribe to Apple Music.
How to Listen to Music on Apple Watch
This is how you can listen to music on your Apple Watch.
Apple Watch 3 can stream Apple Music over WiFi or LTE. You can’t stream music on other Apple Watch models, and you can’t stream from any third-party apps. All Apple Watch models can control music on your iPhone or store music locally.
If you want to leave your iPhone at home and listen to music on Apple Watch, you must use Apple Music or sync playlists to Apple Watch beforehand. You also need bluetooth headphones to pair with Apple Watch to listen.
How to Sync Music with Apple Watch
You’ll need to have the Apple Watch charger handy to sync music to the watch, and while it’s possible to sync albums, you’ll likely want to make playlists. You can sync music you bought from Apple, music you copied or purchased and added to iPhone or playlists from Apple Music.
Sync with your Apple Watch to listen to music without your iPhone.
- on your iPhone.
- on the screen.
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- compilations you want to add.
- your sheep.
- and Apple Watch connected.
Now you can wait while the music syncs to the Apple Watch. You may need to download the music to your iPhone first for a sync to work. You can’t sync audiobooks or podcasts to Apple Watch.
You will see the music in the Playlists and Albums section. You can also turn off your iPhone, pair the headphones with your Apple Watch, and test if the playlist works before you go for a run. You can also set
Set a Workout playlist that will automatically start when you start a workout.
If you always listen to the same playlist while exercising. , scroll down and . for later. When you start the next workout, the playlist starts playing automatically.
How to Listen to Apple Music on Apple Watch
Listening to Apple Music on Apple Watch is even easier. If you are a subscriber and have an Apple Watch 3, you only need a WiFi or LTE connection and you can stream your Apple Music to the watch.
- Open the Music app on Apple Watch.
- Swipe up and tap on Library.
- Select the music you want to listen to.
With this method, you can listen to playlists, albums, music and radio stations. You can also use Siri on Apple Watch 3 to listen to the music you want on your Apple Watch.
Controlling Music on Your iPhone with Apple Watch
Use Now Playing to control the music playing on your iPhone with your Apple Watch.
If you want to be able to control the music you listen to on iPhone just by looking at your wrist, you can use Now Playing.
Start listening to the music you want on your iPhone. This works with Apple Music, Spotify and other music apps.
Open the music app on your Apple Watch and then you can control the playback, volume and where it plays.
For more on what the Apple Watch can do, check out our list of 50 exciting things the Apple Watch can do.