How to Listen to Music on your Apple Watch

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When your paired iPhone is in range, you can use your Apple Watch to listen to any music stored on your iPhone. To enjoy music on your Apple Watch without your iPhone, you'll need to pair with Bluetooth headphones and follow the steps in this article.

Make a music playlist

You can keep one music playlist on your Apple Watch at a time. Audiobooks and podcasts aren't compatible.

On your iPhone, go to the Music app.
Tap My Music > Playlists > New.
Give your playlist a name, and then tap Add Songs.
Search or tap to find songs, artists, or albums to add.
When you find something that you'd like to add, tap .
After you add the item, tap Done. You can then search for more music to add.
When you're done adding music, tap Done to save your playlist.

If you want to edit an existing playlist:

Open the Music app on your iPhone and tap My Music > Playlists.
Tap a playlist, then tap edit.
To add songs, tap and search or tap to find songs, artists, or albums. Tap to add them to the playlist. To delete songs, tap > Remove.
After you add or remove an item, tap Done. You can then add or remove more music.
When you’re done editing the playlist, tap Done to save your changes.

Sync your playlist

Set your Apple Watch on its charger and make sure the device is charging.
On your iPhone, go to Settings > Bluetooth. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on.
From the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch > Music > Synced Playlist.
Tap the playlist you want to sync to your Apple Watch. When a message next to your playlist says Sync Pending, your playlist will begin syncing from your iPhone to your Apple Watch.
Wait until the sync is finished before using your Apple Watch. To see the sync progress, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and tap Music.

You might need to download any music stored in the cloud, such as music from Apple Music or iTunes Match, to your iPhone before you can sync it with the Watch.

Enjoy music on Apple Watch by syncing an iPhone playlist

Listen to the playlist on your Apple Watch

Your playlist won't be available on your Apple Watch until you've paired your watch with Bluetooth headphones. After pairing, you can listen to your synced playlist:

From the Home screen on your Apple Watch, tap the music app.
Force Press, then tap Source > Apple Watch.
Tap play to listen to your playlist.

Remove a playlist from Apple Watch

Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch > Music > Synced Playlist > None.
To remove the playlist, set your Apple Watch on its charger and make sure it's charging.

Learn More

Your Apple Watch playlist is limited to 1 GB by default. In the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, you can change this setting to 2 GB, 500 MB, or 100 MB. If you prefer to limit by song number, you can limit your playlist to 15, 50, 125, or 250 songs.