"Now Playing" not showing up by default anymore (watchOS 10 / iOS 17)

Noticed the Now Playing screen is no longer coming up on the watch when playing music from the iPhone.

Is it a bug or what happened?


It was such an important feature for me, I could control the music right from my wrist...

Why would apple kill that, makes no sense?


It works if I manually open the Now Playing app, but after a while the watch face takes over anyways... So annoying

Apple Watch Series 4

Posted on Oct 8, 2023 03:17 AM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2023 04:55 AM

Same here. I guess it’s a bug from the latest OS update. I dare to say that now playing worked on watchOS 10.0. But I could be wrong.

Usually restarting watch and phone resolved it. But not this time.

Just wait for a new watchOS version. Some complications like the weather app don’t work properly on the always on display either.

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Oct 8, 2023 04:55 AM in response to SteinWolf27

Same here. I guess it’s a bug from the latest OS update. I dare to say that now playing worked on watchOS 10.0. But I could be wrong.

Usually restarting watch and phone resolved it. But not this time.

Just wait for a new watchOS version. Some complications like the weather app don’t work properly on the always on display either.

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"Now Playing" not showing up by default anymore (watchOS 10 / iOS 17)

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