Apple Watch is packed with features that aren't immediately visible at first glance. Music app on watch controls instantly (and intuitive) the music app on your iPhone, but it can also stand alone as its own iPod-type device with Bluetooth. Read on as we show you how to pair it with Bluetooth headphones and speakers.
Why do i want to do this?
The Apple Watch is definitely meant to be an extension of your iPhone and not an absolute replacement. (even so) from your phone. Nevertheless, you can download quite a few common tasks from your phone to your watch without hassle, including music playback.
Maybe the show was lost in all the fuss surrounding the launch of the watch., but not many people have been talking about how you can download music directly on the Apple Watch and use it as an iPod totally independent from your iPhone. This means you can leave your phone at home and go for a run with songs streamed directly from your watch to your Bluetooth headphones or link your watch to your friend's Bluetooth speaker to share a playlist that you have stored on your watch..
Once the music is stored on your watch, the service controls are identical to the controls used for music playback on your phone (the only difference is that the music files are local to the watch). At the same time, local playback is surprisingly light on battery use. We expected the playback to completely reduce the battery range, but it only lost five percent of total battery life per hour of continuous music playback.
Then, What does it take to turn your watch into a little replacement for the iPod? Unlike most Apple Watch experiences, the procedure through which you change your watch from serving as a remote control for your iPhone's music collection (the default function of the music app) to a freestanding music box like an iPod on the wrist is a bit dull . Let's take a look at how you can put a surprising amount of music on your wrist..
Preparing your music
The first is the first, you need some melodies and those melodies must be on your iPhone. You can import new music from your iTunes library to your phone or you can use music already stored on your phone.
The important element here is that all the songs that you want to import to the Apple Watch are in a single playlist and that, on the whole, all songs do not exceed 2GB in total storage space. Thats the big problem: you cannot import multiple playlists to your Apple Watch, you can only import a single playlist at the same time. That playlist can store as many songs as the 2 GB of storage on the watch can hold, despite this, the Apple Watch has 8 GB of storage, but only 2 GB can be reserved for music.
Create a new playlist in iTunes and sync it to your phone or open the Music app on your iPhone and create a new playlist through My Music -> Play list -> New.
Preparing your watch
As we already mentioned previously, can't play music through Apple Watch speaker (nor would he like). You need to pair a Bluetooth device with the watch. Can pair headphones, speakers and, if your car supports pairing for music playback, You can even pair your watch with your car's Bluetooth audio system.
This is a perfect example of how setting up the Apple Watch for music playback can be a bit confusing and frustrating. If there is no Bluetooth device paired with Apple Watch, then can't sync the playlist / music with it or even have access to any of the settings for music playback throughout the watch. Until the clock to speaker pairing is complete, it's like the functions don't even exist.
In light of that, we have to match something (be it headphones, speaker or car audio system) before continuing. Take your Bluetooth device and your Apple Watch. You can pair multiple devices in one session, by the way, we paired Bluetooth headphones and speakers with the watch so we could easily switch between personal listening and sharing music with the speaker.
To do it, touch the crown to access the application menu and open the settings. Please select “Bluetooth” and then put your device into pairing mode. Although each Bluetooth device is different (and you will need to consult the instructions of your device), regularly pair headphones and speakers by holding down the power button or the play button. Once the device is in pairing mode, and then put your device into pairing mode “Bluetooth” and then put your device into pairing mode. Later, if you want to add more paired devices, you can go back to this menu and repeat the procedure (without removing previously paired devices).
Synchronize your playlist
Once you have created the playlist (and have it synced with your iPhone if necessary) and have paired your Bluetooth device with your watch, it's time to send the music to your watch. To do that, we need two things: your charging cable and the Watch app on your iPhone.
Connect your watch to the charging cable (will not sync unless actively charging). With the Apple Watch charging, and then put your device into pairing mode “Song”.
Please select “Song” and then, within the music submenu, make adjustments to your music storage limit, if required (you can adjust it from 1.0GB of storage to 2.0GB of storage). This is also where you configure the playlist. and then put your device into pairing mode “and then put your device into pairing mode”. It will show all the playlists on your iPhone. Select the one you want to sync with Apple Watch.
Be prepared to wait. In our tests, took about a minute per song, so if you have a long playlist, it will be a time. If you have a large playlist, definitely start syncing before bed and leave the watch and phone together to go through the list.
When it's over, you will see the name of the playlist and an indicator, below the Playlist Limit entry, which indicates the number of songs on the watch and how much space they are using.
In this point, the music is on the Apple Watch and the iPhone is no longer needed unless you want to update the playlist or replace it with a new one.
Playing music from your Apple Watch
The final step, and the main reason we are here, is to play the music from your Apple Watch on your Bluetooth headphones or speakers. To do it, open the music app on your Apple Watch via the Glances shortcut or the app menu.
The key step here is to change the font of the Music app. By default, the Music app connects to your iPhone's music library. Because, and then put your device into pairing mode “Playlists”, you will see your iPhone playlists and not watch playlists. To change that, you need to long press anywhere on the Music app screen.
and then put your device into pairing mode “Source” and select “Apple Watch”. Your watch's music app will now go to internal storage and playlist instead of your iPhone storage and playlists.
Please select “Playlists”, the unique playlist you loaded on the watch, and as long as the Bluetooth device is connected today, will start playing (opposite case, you will get an error telling you that you need to reconnect your device). All the functions of the music app are identical. The only difference is that you are playing, pausing and skipping music stored directly on the watch instead of on your phone.
We had to jump a bit between our iPhone and Apple Watch and the way it switches from iPhone-based playback to watch-based playback is not immediately obvious., but after the little hassle of setting it up, features smooth music playback. right on your wrist.
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