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 and Apple Music Voice if you’re a subscriber.

Note: Not all features are available in the Apple Music Voice Plan. For more information, see the Apple Support article About Apple Music Voice.

Siri: Say something like:

  • “Play ‘enough for you’ by Olivia Rodrigo”

  • “Play more songs from this album”

  • “Play my workout playlist”

  • “Play Apple Music Country”

  • “Play cool jazz”

  • “Play the dinner party playlist”

  • “Play a playlist to help me relax”

  • “Play more like this”

Play music

The Music app shows On iPhone, Now Playing, and Listen Now buttons in a list. Scroll down to see album artwork.

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 a playlist, artist, album, or song. To play music downloaded to your Apple Watch, tap Downloaded, then choose music.

  • Request music from Apple Music (Apple Music or Apple Music Voice subscription required): Raise your wrist, then request an artist, album, song, genre, or portion of a song lyric.

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 Listen Now 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.

The Now Playing screen in the Music app. The album title is at the top left. The song title and artist are below. In the middle of the screen are play controls for previous, play/pause, and next. At the bottom of the screen are the AirPlay, tracklist, and More buttons.

Open the queue

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

  1. Open the Music app on your Apple Watch.

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

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

By default, Auto Play adds music to the end of the queue that’s similar to what you’re playing. To turn off Auto Play, tap the Auto Play button.

Note: When you turn off Auto Play on a device that uses your Apple ID—your Apple Watch, for example—it’s turned off only for that device. Other devices will continue to use Auto Play until you turn it off on each one.

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

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 Queue button, then tap the Shuffle button or the Repeat button.

    Tap Repeat twice to repeat a song.

    The tracklist window showing Shuffle, Repeat, and Auto Play buttons at the top, and one track directly below. Near the bottom, another track appears below Playing Next. A Done button is at the top left.

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