Play music on Apple Watch

Use the Music app to choose and play music on Apple Watch. You can play music stored on Apple Watch, control music on your iPhone, and stream music from Apple Music if you’re a subscriber.

Ask Siri. Say something like:

  • “Play ‘You Need To Calm Down’”

  • “Play more songs from this album”

  • “Play my workout playlist”

Play music

The Now Playing screen in the Music app. The album name is at the top left. Song title and artist appear at the top, play controls in the middle, and AirPlay, track list, and Options buttons are at the bottom.

After you connect Apple Watch to Bluetooth headphones or speakers, open the Music app on your Apple Watch, then do any of the following:

  • Play music on your Apple Watch: Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through album artwork, then tap a playlist or album to play it.

    Use the Apple Watch app on your iPhone to choose which songs to add to Apple Watch.

  • Play music from iPhone (Bluetooth pairing not required): Scroll to the top of the screen, tap On iPhone, then tap a playlist, artist, album, or song to play it.

  • Play music from your music library: Tap Library, then tap an album, playlist, or song not on your Apple Watch to play it.

  • Listen to Apple Music (Apple Music subscription required): Raise your wrist, then request an artist, album, song, or genre.

Screen showing an album and its artwork in the Music app.

Play music for you

If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can play music chosen just for you.

  1. Open the Music app on your Apple Watch.

  2. Scroll to the top of the screen, then tap For You to view a curated feed of playlists and albums based on your likes and dislikes.

  3. Tap a category, tap an album or playlist, then tap the Play button.

Open the Up Next queue

When playing music, you can see a list of upcoming songs in the Up Next queue.

  1. Open the Music app on your Apple Watch.

  2. Play an album or playlist, then tap the Up Next Queue button.

  3. To play a track in the queue, tap it.

To add music to the queue, swipe left on a song, playlist, or album; tap the More button; then tap Play Next or Play Later. Music you choose to play later is added to the end of the queue.

Tell Music what you like, add music to the library, and more

On Apple Watch you can add music to your library, remove songs, mark what you do and don’t like, add songs to the Up Next queue, and view the contents of albums and playlists. Do any of the following:

  • View options from the Now Playing screen: While playing music, tap the More button, then choose an option.

  • View options in For You and Library: Swipe left on a song, playlist, or album; tap the More button; then choose an option.

Control playback

Turn the Digital Crown to adjust volume. Use these controls to play music on your Apple Watch and iPhone:

the Play button

Play the current song.

the Pause button

Pause playback.

the Next button

Skip to the next song.

the Previous button

Skip to the beginning of the song; double-tap to skip to the previous song.

Shuffle or repeat music

  • Shuffle albums, songs, artists, from the Music screen: Tap an album, artist, or playlist, then tap the Shuffle button.

  • Shuffle or repeat music from the playback screen: While viewing the playback screen, tap the Up Next Queue button, then tap the Shuffle button or the Repeat button.

    Tap Repeat twice to repeat a song.

    The tracklist window showing shuffle and repeat buttons at the top, and then three tracks below. A Done button appears at the top left.
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