title: “How To Play Music On Your Apple Watch” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-22” author: “Joseph Kath”
How to Add Music to an Apple Watch
If you like to listen to music on the go, whether you’re commuting or you’re out on a run around the neighborhood, you’ll want to configure your Apple Watch to play music.
Here’s how to transfer music from your iPhone to the smartwatch:
Prepare a selection of your favorite music to sync to your Apple Watch by making a playlist on your iPhone. Connect the Apple Watch to its charger and confirm that Bluetooth is enabled on your iPhone. Go to the Watch app on your iPhone. Select My Watch > Music. Under Playlists & Albums, select Add Music, and choose the playlist or album you want to sync to your watch. Place the iPhone near the Apple Watch on its charger to begin the sync. When the sync is complete, open the Music app on the Apple Watch. Go to the playlist you made or browse through other options. Select to start listening to your music.
How to Use an Apple Watch to Control What’s Playing on an iPhone
You can also use your Apple Watch to control the music playback on your iPhone. In this case, the playback happens on your phone rather than your watch, so you need headphones plugged into or paired with your phone. However, you can control the music playback directly from the watch; no need to take out your phone. Just follow these steps.
Open the Music app from your Apple Watch home screen. Scroll up to choose your iPhone as the source for playing music and then select Now Playing to view what’s currently playing on your iPhone. At this point, you have a variety of options for controlling playback. The one you choose likely depends on the music service you prefer. If you use Apple Music, select Quick Play to pull up a random selection of songs from this service’s recommendations for you. You can also listen to the Apple Music 1 radio station. You can also select My Music to see your music library and choose what you want to listen to by artist, song, or album.
At this point, you have a variety of options for controlling playback. The one you choose likely depends on the music service you prefer.
