Is it possible to remove the 'now playing' indicator from my Ultra watch faces?

Say I'm driving in my car, got the tunes going from my iPhone to wireless Apple CarPlay, all is well. If I look at my watch I see the 'now playing' indicator on the top of my watch face. Is it possible to disable that? I'm not a fan of it. Thanks.

Apple Watch Ultra, watchOS 10

Posted on Sep 23, 2023 3:43 AM

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iinami Author

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Sep 25, 2023 8:16 AM in response to iinami

Bumping this one time in case someone has a solution. Thanks.

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