Hi,
I’ve disabled the play now feature however any time I listen to a podcast or watch YouTube music videos it automatically starts the play now feature on my Apple Watch. It is draining my battery and I have to charge it daily. How can I permanently disable this? I don’t want it to play back on my watch as that is not what I use it for. Please help.
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 8
Greetings AnaFana80,
We understand that audio automatically starts to play on your Apple Watch, when the Play Now feature is disabled. We suggest verifying if you have Auto-Launch Audio Apps enabled. When this feature is enabled, it automatically launches audio apps to play on your Apple Watch, when you’re listening to audio on your iPhone. The location of this feature can vary depending on the watchOS version that is installed, on your device. Here's how to check:
watchOS 9
On your iPhone:
On your Apple Watch:
watchOS 8
On your iPhone:
On your Apple Watch:
Let us know if this helps.
Best wishes!
Greetings AnaFana80,
We understand that audio automatically starts to play on your Apple Watch, when the Play Now feature is disabled. We suggest verifying if you have Auto-Launch Audio Apps enabled. When this feature is enabled, it automatically launches audio apps to play on your Apple Watch, when you’re listening to audio on your iPhone. The location of this feature can vary depending on the watchOS version that is installed, on your device. Here's how to check:
watchOS 9
On your iPhone:
On your Apple Watch:
watchOS 8
On your iPhone:
On your Apple Watch:
Let us know if this helps.
Best wishes!
Hey AnaFana80,
At this point, we would recommend reaching out to Apple Support. They will have the necessary tools to investigate into this matter more with you: Get Support.
Have a great day.
Hello,
the auto launch is disabled and it is still playing on my watch.
Play now feature on Apple Watch series 3
