The Apple Watch is one of the most advanced smartwatches currently on the market. So far, Apple has not created a fully standalone of this device. In other words, we will need an iPhone to be able to wear one of these smartwatches on the wrist. However, those of Cupertino have worked year after year, model after model and version of watchOS after another to make this product increasingly independent of the phone. at the time of listen to music, Apple Watch no need to have permanent connection to iPhone. And that is what we are going to talk about in this post. So you can enjoy the music on your Watch without depending on the iPhone.
Listen to your music directly on Apple Watch
You can sync your favorite music to your Apple Watch and stream it directly from your wrist to your AirPods—or any other pair of compatible wireless headphones.
These songs are stored in the internal storage of the Apple Watch, and can be of great help when you go for a run or even when you are in the gym. You can store more or less music depending on the capacity of your Apple Watch. Recent models have some 32 GB of memory, while the first ones were limited to 8 GB. Of this space, a good part is occupied by the operating system of the watch itself.
How to add songs to Apple Watch
To enter your songs in the memory of the Apple watch, follow the following followed:
- Open the Watch app On your iPhone, scroll down to the 'My watch' and play 'Music'.
- If you want to do it quickly, click on the option 'Recent Music'. Your device will automatically add songs you've listened to in the past few days to the clock.
- If, on the contrary, you prefer to add specific songs, press 'Add Music'.
- Then tap 'Playlist', 'Artists' or 'Albums'.
- Touch the ' icon+' at the top right of the screen to add all the selected songs to your Apple Watch.
- To finish, connect your Apple Watch to its charger so that the charging process synchronization be done correctly. During this process, the iPhone has to be close to the watch. Otherwise, the synchronization will fail.
Does it only work with lists?
Indeed, Apple stuff. You can't choose individual songs to add to your Apple Watch. You can only add specific playlists or albums. To get around this limitation, all you have to do is open the Music app on your iPhone and create an Apple Music playlist that only contains the songs you want to add to your Apple Watch.
Add songs from Apple Music
If you have a Apple Music subscription, you can also perform this process with the songs from this service. This process works with all Apple Music memberships except the Apple Music Voice plan.
The steps you need to follow to add Apple Music songs to the Watch are as follows:
- Open the watchOS Music app and tap 'Library', 'Listen Now' or 'Search' to find the song you want to download.
- Tap the three dots next to the song and choose 'Add to library'.
- Now, you can stream this playlist or album directly through your Apple Watch. Of course, you will have to be connected to the Internet. In Wi-Fi models, we will need an available network, while in 4G models (GPS + Cellular) we can always enjoy these functions.
Listen to Apple Music songs on your Watch offline
You can also listen to the songs of Apple Music on the Watch if you don't have a connection. To do this, follow the same steps that you did in the previous section. Tap on the three dots icon one more time and now choose the option 'Download'.
If you don't see the option, wait for the message 'Added to library' on your watch screen. Sometimes the process can take a few seconds.
Once this is done, connect a wireless headset to the watch. Then open the Music app on the Watch and go to Library > Discharged > Songs. Then she plays the song you want to play.
Listen to Spotify on Apple Watch without iPhone
If you are more into Spotify, there is also an option for you. Of course, full integration with the Apple Watch is only available to users who pay for the membership Spotify Premium.
The steps that we are going to explain will only work on one device Apple Watch Series 3 or higher with watchOS 7.0 or later. Also, to minimize the possibility of the process being interrupted by errors, we will make sure to have the latest version of the Spotify app available on the iPhone.
Spotify on the Watch isn't going to pull music directly from online servers. It doesn't matter if you have the Watch Wi-Fi or the Cellular version. will always work with local files synced from iPhone. Once the process is done, you can go out without your mobile and you will be able to listen to music, podcasts or whatever you have entered into the watch. Understanding this, let's go with the steps:
- Install the Spotify app on your Apple Watch. If you don't have it, first install the app on your iPhone. Then go to 'Available apps' in the Watch app and install it on the watch.
- We open the Spotify app on the iPhone and log in if we have not already done so.
- As with Apple Music, we can only sync lists. We will look for the musical list that we want to send to the clock and we will touch on the icon of the three points.
- We mark the option 'Download on Apple Watch'.
During the synchronization process, Spotify app should stay open on iPhone.
This method has a number of bounds. First of all is that each list can have a maximum of 50 songs. In addition, we have as a limit the space of our clock. In general, a 32 GB Watch is enough for about 10 hours of music with the premium quality of Spotify.
Finally, you should know that the process is slow, and very boring. You can get desperate doing the process. Do not despair if you see that it takes hours to complete, it is normal. Therefore, if you are going to do it, select your songs very well, because the synchronization is not anywhere near as fast as the native option with Apple Music.