Apple Watch, Spotify and wireless headphones

I have this issue as well. I have the Spotify app on my Apple Watch. I turn on my wireless headphones and everything else from Apple Watch plays through my headphones (Apple music, Nike Run Club etc.). But when I go to use Spotify it plays through my phone. When I try to change the device Spotify plays through, my headphones aren't an option. This happens connected to Wifi or not.

Please tell me this is a (really really bad) joke! Why make a watch with a heavy profile towards health, sports and excercise, and then tell a wearer, that he needs to take his phone along on the run, if he wants to hear is favorite music on Spotify!??? Doesn't it kind of defy the purpose of getting the watch in the first place then?? Why build an app for the watch if it needs to play through the phone?????

Do you have the Spotify Apple Watch app?

https://support.spotify.com/uk/listen_everywhere/smart_watches/apple-watch/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/13/18063838/spotify-apple-watch-download-features

https://9to5mac.com/2018/11/13/spotify-apple-watch-2/

Otherwise, it sounds like you just have Spotify on your iPhone, and you should then pair your Bluetooth headphones to your iPhone.

NOTE: Even if the Spotify Apple Watch app will play music from the Apple Watch, you will need to have a network connection. If on WiFi that will work. If you have a GPS only version, then away from WiFi you will need your iPhone to access the network. If you have a Cellular Apple Watch and you have added the Apple Watch to your cellular plan, then that will give you networking.

The Spotify watch app, as I understand it, doesn't allow you to directly stream music on your Watch. It's essentially just a better way to control the Spotify app on your phone. So, what you're seeing sounds correct. Connect you headphones to your phone to listen to Spotify.

Please tell me this is a (really really bad) joke! Why make a watch with a heavy profile towards health, sports and excercise, and then tell a wearer, that he needs to take his phone along on the run, if he wants to hear is favorite music on Spotify!??? Doesn't it kind of defy the purpose of getting the watch in the first place then?? Why build an app for the watch if it needs to play through the phone?????

Shouldn't you be telling that to Spotify?

Apple did provide Apple Music that will stream through an Apple Watch.

And of course you can download your own music to the Apple Watch, or I'm told Pandora will also allow you to download offline music to your Apple Watch.

Ok... If you're saying that this is purely bad programming from Spotify, then I sincerly apologize for my angry message! Just seemed soo weird that all apple apps works with the bluetooth headset, but not either InTune Radio and Spotify (The only two apps I use, and the reason why I bought the watch - Music and running).

And yes, you have your apps, but don't want to pay for yet another service, so when I read that your watch supports Spotify, I think it is pretty obvious that I perceive it as being possible to use it with a headset, and then I run thrilled to the store and get one. Think this kind of marketing is a bit misleading, and I will deliver the watch back to the store today.

But again. If this is an error - or mistake - from Spotify, I am sorry for filling your ears with my bitterness.

Kind Regards

J

...And yes, you have your apps...

NOTE: This is a user-to-user technical support forum and you are not talking to Apple. I just want to be clear because Apple Music and all the other Apple Watch apps are not mine 😀

Yes...I too, purchased the watch with the intent to use downloaded Spotify playlists as I have the Premium family package. Fortunately, my family had purchased a lot of music through iTunes in the past, so I have been able to create a playlist for running. Certainly not the same as using Spotify. I also have the cellular version of the Series 4 watch, so I thought that would definitely be the answer. I feel your pain...

have you paired you headphones with you watch? And switched on the listen on headphones on the Apple Watch settings ? Also check the Spotify settings is connecting to your headphones. Ta

Thanks that's very helpful to know. I couldn't figure out if I was doing something wrong or if it just doesn't support that feature.

There was talk, when Spotify released the app that, compared to Pandora's recently released Apple Watch app, it really didn't do much.