Not Playing Music on Apple Watch SE

I don't want the "Now Playing" to show up on my apple watch when my phone is playing music. Is it possible to turn this feature off?

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 6:05 AM

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Posted on Jul 15, 2021 6:15 AM

Settings/general/wake screen and turn OFF "auto-launch audio apps" and "return to app".

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Jul 15, 2021 6:15 AM in response to marilyn1287

Settings/general/wake screen and turn OFF "auto-launch audio apps" and "return to app".

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Jul 15, 2021 7:09 AM in response to Community User

This worked! Thank you!

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Jul 15, 2021 7:26 AM in response to marilyn1287

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