Can you turn music shuffle off on Apple Watch?

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Can you turn music shuffle off on Apple Watch?

Hello, I am playing music from my Apple Watch to my AirPods. I hard press to shuffle the playlist, but when I hard press again, there isn't an option to turn shuffle off, it just an option to "shuffle" again. This isn't an issue if I want to turn shuffle on/off from my phone, just when I'm trying to play music when my Apple Watch is the source. I'd really like to be able to play my playlists in order (un-shuffled) from my watch. Any ideas?

Apple Watch, iOS 10.1.1

Posted on Mar 15, 2017 1:45 AM

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Answer 1

Jonathan UK

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Mar 15, 2017 3:18 AM in response to VMC1212

Hi

To turn off the shuffle playback mode when playing music from the synced playlist on Apple Watch:

When viewing the Music app, press firmly on the screen and then tap on Shuffle:

Next tap on the Shuffle Off button:

More information:

https://help.apple.com/watch/#/apd70768b20b

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qecurry

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Nov 14, 2017 2:16 AM in response to VMC1212

Hi, this question was answered in relation to turning shuffle off once the music app is launched. Does anyone know if there's a way to stop shuffle as the default playback anytime music starts? I find I have to start the music, follow the steps to turn shuffle off, then go back to the first track of an album in order to have it play in sequence.

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VMC1212 Author

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Mar 15, 2017 2:40 AM in response to VMC1212

Thanks for the reply. I don't have an issue turning shuffle off if my iPhone is the source. The issue I'm having is if I'm on a run (my phone isn't with me) and I'm playing music from my Apple Watch as the source. Hard pressing only gives the option to shuffle, I don't see an option to turn shuffle off. Does that make sense?

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VMC1212 Author

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Mar 15, 2017 3:25 AM in response to VMC1212

Thank you, it worked! The problem is that I was hard pressing on the wrong screen in the music app. You have to be on the now playing screen when you hard press to get the same options that you have in the screen shot you shared. If you hard press and click shuffle from the screen that shows all the songs in the playlist, there's no way to turn shuffle off (it'll just reshuffle).

Thanks again!

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