I’ve synced my iPhone with my iwatch 4 and it has the downloaded music on it but when I attempt to play music from my watch it tells me I need to pair Bluetooth headphones ... I’ve reset my watch twice and my OS is uptodate on both devices, what’s wrong?
Apple Watch Series 4, watchOS 5
I refer you to the relevant page in the online Watch User Guide, https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/play-music-apd70768b20b/watchos.
Play music stored on Apple Watch
on your Apple Watch.This might prove to be of help.....https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204691
Your watch needs a Bluetooth audio connection to play music. The watch speaker is pretty small and low powered, good enough for voice calls but not up to the required quality for playing proper music.
So ..... I don’t think that is an accurate statement unless of course Apple has lied to people about the iwatch 4, because it says that you can play music from your watch without your phone or the need for any Bluetooth device.
I beg to differ with you. Apple has never misstated the Watches ability to play music using a bluetooth device. With the Watch Series 4 it is true you can use it to play music without having your iPhone present.....but you do need bluetooth headphones or speaker.
My apologies to those that supplied info, I was under the firm belief that Apple made significant enough changes including what I read that music was playable thru the speakers and not more Apple products. I guess this watch will be returned as it is not what I believed it to be.
thanks everyone.
It does NOT need to be Apple Products. I have paired Sony noise canceling headphones to my Apple Watch. And I have paired 2 very old (like 15 years old) Bluetooth headphones to my Apple Watch.
Unless there is something really funky about the Bluetooth headphones, you should be able to pair them with your Apple Watch.
There is ABSOLUTELY NO reason you have to buy Apple Bluetooth headphones to pair with your Apple Watch!
As to why they do not play music via the Apple Watch speakers, it is my feeling that driving the speaker would result in drawing too much power and drain the very small Apple Watch battery too quickly. The Low Energy Bluetooth is much more battery friendly, and you get to use the batteries in the Bluetooth headphones to vibrate air.
You need bluetooth headphones. The sounds will not play through the Watch speaker.
Again, I don’t think this is the case. Apple states that it can play from the phone thru the onboard speaker, so not sure whom I should be listening to at this point.
Ummm, thank you?
iwatch 4 needing Bluetooth headphones?
