Music not playing on Apple Watch

I listen to music on my Apple Watch regularly, I know how to add and remove music, etc. Yesterday in the middle of a song my apple watch stopped playing and has not been able to start playing again since. The same music works when I play it through the apple music app on my iphone. I press play and it looks like its going to play and then it just doesn't. Please help!! I use this feature daily and this is driving me nuts. Thanks!

Apple Watch Series 3

Posted on Apr 11, 2018 8:29 AM

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Posted on Jul 9, 2018 1:42 PM

I uninstalled the "watch app" from my phone and reinstalled it. My watch has been playing music flawlessly every day for over 2 weeks now!

NOTE: When uninstalling the watch app from your phone, you will have to unpair your watch first... so make sure it is backed up. Obviously, you'll have to re-pair your watch. Curious to know if this helps anyone else out.

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Jun 28, 2018 11:57 PM in response to djohariah

I put my EarPods in first and open up iHeartRadio and get the music playing, then opened the sweat app on my phone to the workout I want to do, but I DONT start it from there. Next, I use my watch to start the actual workout. The phone app will start up as well on its own. That allows me to follow along with the exercise examples and move along to the next exercise without it shutting off my music.


A Now Playing screen shows up by default when the user is playing music from their iPhone, giving quick access to pause, skip a track, or adjust the volume with the Digital Crown. Users must start the playback of music on their iPhone, then continue controlling it via the Apple Watch.

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