Play music stored on my watch in watch os 10

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Play music stored on my watch in watch os 10

I used to be able to control a playlist directly on the music app on my watch and NOT have it affect the music on my phone. With the recent update to the OS, it seems that I am using the watch as a remote control to the music app on my phone. I don't want this. I have one playlist transferred to my watch that I listen to while running/working out. When I play music from this playlist it also appears on my phone. And when I'm done with my workout and go back to music on my phone, it shows what I was listening to on my watch. I used to be able to listen to and control music stored on my watch, using my watch. And listen to and control music stored on my phone using my phone.

How do I get back to that?

Posted on Sep 26, 2023 06:33 AM

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Answer 1

Chris_V89

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Oct 3, 2023 12:02 PM in response to djurden

Hey there djurden,

Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities.

Based on the information you've provided, we'd recommend reaching out to Apple Support at this link here: Get Support - Apple

They'll be the best option to take a closer look into this with you, and may be able to help determine if this is now expected behavior.

Best regards.

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anon.321

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Oct 29, 2023 05:03 PM in response to RafaBraga

@rafabraga, The “now playing” workaround helps - thank you! It’s definitely better than nothing. But… have you figured out how to select what you want to play? I’ve found that it will continue playing whatever is queued up, but I can’t switch to something else, like a different playlist.

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djurden Author

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Oct 29, 2023 06:08 PM in response to anon.321

The suggestion from rafabraga was helpful. And the latest update was hopeful. But…still no joy. Yesterday, it worked great. I was able to start up the music app, select the playlist on my watch, and play while I ran. However today, I could not select the playlist on the watch. When I selected the watch as the source, it started playing music that I don’t have downloaded to the watch. And I could not figure out how to select my playlist. I have no idea where the music was coming from!

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anon.321

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Oct 29, 2023 07:33 PM in response to djurden

Thank you for the update! I have an update too now. Nothing immediate, but it turns out that Apple is aware of the issue(s) and their engineers are working on it.

No guarantees of when it will be fixed, of course, but the support rep speculated that it wouldn’t be too long before the fix is included in an OS update.

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mtn_lion

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Jan 7, 2024 03:19 PM in response to djurden

IMHO, Apple have F’d this up royally and need to fix it urgently. For Pete’s sake, on the Watch, choosing to play music STORED LOCALLY ON THE WATCH should be dead simple; there should be an obvious, easy control. But no….

Last month, December 2023, I called Apple Support because on my Watch, when I tried to play music STORED ON MY WATCH when no Internet connection was present, I got a message saying (paraphrasing) “You need a cellular or wireless Internet connection to play music.” When I clicked “OK” to dismiss the message, it just kept appearing, giving me no way to get back to into the Music or Now Playing apps. But of course, while on the phone with Apple Support, the second time I clicked “OK,” the message magically disappeared and the Watch did let me play locally-stored music. So the vibe I got from the Support rep was like I was an idiot, nothing wrong, go away.

*With* the Watch connected to the Internet, it’s still some kind of puzzle to try to figure out how to force the Watch to play locally-stored music. (not helped at all by the enduring confusion between the Music and Now Playing apps). ‘Glad to see I’m not the only one frustrated by this.

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Answer 6

Oct 4, 2023 06:14 PM in response to djurden

I found out a weird way to listen to music stored on the Watch. Using the app "NOW PLAYING" you can force the WatchOS to select the watch as a source of songs.

Hope they fix that ASAP!

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