How to Add, Remove and Play music to Apple Watch?

Add music to Apple Watch

When you add music to your Apple Watch, you can listen to it wherever you go, even when you don’t have your iPhone with you.

You can add specific playlists and albums to your Apple Watch using the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can also add music with the Music app directly on your Apple Watch.

You don’t have to choose specific music to add to your Apple Watch if you’re an Apple Music subscriber. Music you’ve recently listened to is added automatically. (If you haven’t listened to anything, music recommended by Apple Music is added.)

Note: If you’re an Apple Music Voice subscriber, you can add music you’ve purchased to your Apple Watch. To add songs, albums, and playlists from Apple Music, upgrade to a full Apple Music subscription.

Add music using your iPhone

1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Tap My Watch, then tap Music.
3. Below Playlists & Albums, tap Add Music.
4. Select albums and playlists to sync to your Apple Watch.

Music is added when Apple Watch is connected to power and placed near your iPhone.

Tip: Use the Music app on your iPhone to create playlists specifically for music you want to listen to on your Apple Watch—music that motivates you during a workout, for example.

Add music using your Apple Watch If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can add music using your Apple Watch.

Note: Adding music isn’t available in the Apple Music Voice Plan.

1. Open the Music app on your Apple Watch.
2. Tap Listen Now or Search, then navigate to music you want to add.
3. Tap a playlist or album, tap , then tap Add to Library. A message confirms that the item was added. Note: You can stream music you add to Apple Watch when you have an internet connection. To play music when you’re not connected to the internet, you must first download it.
4. To download the music to Apple Watch, tap again, then tap Download. Music is added when Apple Watch is connected to power and Wi-Fi.

Add a workout playlist to Apple Watch

You can add a playlist from your music library that plays automatically when you start a workout in the Workout app on Apple Watch.

1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Tap My Watch, then tap Workout.
3. Tap Workout Playlist, then choose a playlist. The playlist is added to My Watch > Music in the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.

Note: A workout playlist won’t play if you’re currently listening to other music or audio.

Remove music from Apple Watch

If you’re running out of room to store music on your Apple Watch, you may want to remove the music that was automatically added to your watch or music that you no longer listen to.

Note: To see how much music is stored on your Apple Watch, open the Settings app on your Apple Watch, then go to General > Storage. You can also open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, then go to General > Storage.

Remove music using your iPhone

1. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Tap My Watch, tap Music, then do any of the following:

• For music you’ve added: Tap Edit, then tap (-) next to the items you want to remove.
• For music that was automatically added: Turn off Recent Music or other music automatically added to your Apple Watch.

Note: Music you’ve recently played won’t be automatically added to Apple Watch until you turn on Recent Music again.

Music you remove from your Apple Watch remains on your iPhone.

Remove music using your Apple Watch

If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can remove music directly on Apple Watch, whether it was added automatically or you chose to add it.

1. Open the Music app on your Apple Watch.
2. Tap Library, scroll down, tap Downloaded, then tap Playlists or Albums.
3. Swipe left on a playlist or album, tap , then tap Remove.
4. Tap Remove Download or Delete from Library.

If you tap Remove Download, the item is removed from your Apple Watch but remains in your music library, allowing you to easily find it later. If you tap Delete from Library, it’s removed from your Apple Watch and from all other devices that use the same Apple ID.

Note: You can also remove individual songs. If you swipe left on a song, tap Remove, then tap Delete, the song is removed from your Apple Watch and from all other devices that use the same Apple ID.

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

Ask 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

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 >.

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 menu.
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 .

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 ; then tap Play Next or Play Later. Music you choose to play later 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:

Shuffle or repeat music

• Shuffle albums, songs, artists, from the Music screen: Tap an album, artist, or playlist, then tap .
• Shuffle or repeat music from the playback screen: While viewing the playback screen, tap , then tap or .

Tap Repeat twice to repeat a song.