Nike Run Club app on watch and airpods not working together

When I am using the Nike Run Club app, the audio feedback only speaks through the watch speaker. It doesn't matter if I start the run on my phone or on my watch. I can start Apple music on my watch or phone and it plays through my airpods during my runs, but the NRC pace feedback will not play through my airpods. I have to hold my watch up to my ear to hear it. Any thoughts as to why NRC won't sync with my airpods?

Apple Watch Series 2, watchOS 6

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 5:04 AM

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Oct 9, 2020 8:33 AM in response to annfromxenia

Just tried that, sadly no go :(

Oct 9, 2020 8:48 AM in response to Byetheweigh

It’s very odd because the Apple Maps gives directions through external Bluetooth devices (car and AirPods) while Spotify is playing but not NRC.

annfromxenia Author

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Oct 9, 2020 8:50 AM in response to Kylehaggard

Oh how frustrating!! It has to be a weird system glitch.

Jan 6, 2021 9:17 AM in response to Gabby032

Thank you!!! I have been trying to figure this out for an hour and couldn't find any instructions! This also works for the running app that I use, RunKeeper.

1_Ells

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Feb 17, 2021 4:18 PM in response to Gabby032

When I try this - I don’t seem to have an option to play on watch only play on iPhone - any ideas?

Leanne_68

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Aug 10, 2020 4:49 PM in response to annfromxenia

annfromxenia,

Thanks for that information.

To confirm, if you pair your AirPods directly to the Apple Watch, and not your iPhone, and play the music through there instead of your iPhone, does the audio then come through as expected?

Check out this resource for more information: Connect Apple Watch to Bluetooth headphones or speakers

Cheers!

annfromxenia Author

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Oct 5, 2020 12:51 PM in response to Byetheweigh

This is what I’ve discovered will work: add music directly to watch. Put in AirPods. Start music from watch. Then open Nike Run Club and start your run. The music will continue and the audio from NRC will play through the AirPods. I don’t know if this will work with an app based music program or not. I tried it with the podcast app and did not work because the podcasts were not downloaded to the watch....

Nov 21, 2020 5:30 AM in response to LorenzoBenzoni

Gabby's solution in the thread solved my problem

Nov 21, 2020 5:30 AM in response to Gabby032

Your solution worked perfectly. Thank you, so much Gabby. I can now enjoy my music and concentrate on my running without constantly looking at my watch for distance covered. Pheww...

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