Hi folks,
Wondering if anyone else experiencing this issue when attempting to play music that is on the iPhone and not on the iWatch (Series 5).
The album details (tracks, artist, etc) appears and are selectable; however, choosing and tracks returns an the above noted error.
Standard reset & repairing performed; still no luck ... was working as expected pre-watchOS 6.1.
Cheers
Apple Watch
Like others, I typically play an entire album start-to-finish and have any media iCloud Library syncing options disabled on my iDevices and iTunes respectively.
Additionally, I typically drag-n-drop albums via the iTunes (Mac and/or Windows) interface after physically connecting my iDevice via USB. This approach yields individual tracks as albums. Using the "Add To Library" option in iTunes and then drag-n-dropping from the iTunes Library to the iDevice instead yields the desired result on the iDevice - still doesn't solve the problem introduced as of watchOS 6.1.
That said ..
*UPDATE*
Created a "test" playlist on the iPhone (8 /w iOS 13.3) and added an entire album to it. Selecting the playlist on the iWatch (S5 /w watchOS 6.1.1) plays the content of the "test" playlist as expected.
Also took a moment to compare the "Song Info" properties via iTunes of a track on the iPhone against the Library version; visually, the track metadata appears consistent.
I have the latest version for Windows 10 with only 4 tabs.
Here are the 4 tabs for a working Apple Store album...
I have a similar problem.
My watch can play a playlist on my iPhone but not any of albums or artists.
A single song can be played.
Isn't it strange?
I just updated to watchos 6.1.2. Unfortunately, the problem is still there!!
Yep, same here :( Although I guess it probably would have been a surprise if 6.1.2 did fix it, as there was no mention it specifically was for this issue, but would have been nice.
watchOS 6.1: Music on iPhone “Cannot Play This Item”
