I have an Apple Watch Series 3 (LTE) 4.3. My synced Apple Music playlists keep pausing frequently when using Bluetooth headphones. It also seems to have the random pausing issue with the Radio app, but that may be a connectivity issue. The synced playlists though should not have this issue. Any help to resolve is greatly appreciated.
Apple Watch Series 3, iOS 11.3.1
The solution that I have found was that upgrading to iOS 11.4 fixed the issue. As of the time of this writing 11.4 is still in Beta. So the option is to wait for the official release or go to Apple Beta Software Program and install the beta. I have had no trouble with the stability or performance of 11.4. I believe it is in beta release 6 which usually means it's fairly stable but also coming soon as official release.
Note: the fix did not require me to install a beta release of Watch OS.
Hope that helps.
The solution that I have found was that upgrading to iOS 11.4 fixed the issue. As of the time of this writing 11.4 is still in Beta. So the option is to wait for the official release or go to Apple Beta Software Program and install the beta. I have had no trouble with the stability or performance of 11.4. I believe it is in beta release 6 which usually means it's fairly stable but also coming soon as official release.
Note: the fix did not require me to install a beta release of Watch OS.
Hope that helps.
See if restarting your Apple Watch makes a difference.
I have this same issue playing music that has been downloaded to the watch (will still work playing music from phone). It's very frustrating because it is the use case I bought the Apple Watch for, for use in the gym. I have also found the restarting the watch only helps for a short period (base case, and usually not at all).
The only thing I've found that works is to turn off bluetooth on the Phone and then you can play the music stored on the Apple Watch through the AirPods, which isn't ideal because you might not get notifications.
Note: you have to turn bluetooth off in settings not through control center.
Hoping for a fix soon.
Thank you for your response. I should mention that I’ve tried restarting the watch and that did not fix the issue. I am currently attempting to delete and re-sync a playlist to see if that resolves the issue or not. Ive also attempted disabling bluetooth on my iPhone to prevent any cross connection issues and still the music would pause or refuse to play from synced playlists. If I skipped tracks, it would play again for a short while before resuming frequenr pausing or refusing to play a song.
Thank you! I’ll try the 11.4 upgrade to see if it fixes my issue as well; although one of the previous fixes you mentioned working for you (disabling bluetooth on your phone) had no effect and the issue persisted. Hopefully the 11.4 update solves it as there is another thread of folks on here (about 40+ individuals) reporting the same issues with music and radio app (stored and streaming) playback issues on the watch.
After I upgraded to the final release of 11.4 on my phone the issue came back. Very frustrating. Apple needs to fix their ****. Paying for a premium experience and you can‘t even play music from the watch? Really?
I’ve spent hours troubleshooting and searching the web. I’ve done the restarting and resetting on all the devices etc etc still no fix.
If anyone has a fix I’d like to hear it.
Same exact thing happening to me. Every time I leave my phone at home and go running with my AWS3, music stops playing. Can’t get it to start again, even after watch reboot. So ******. This is the main reason o spent the money on the watch and AirPods, to leave my phone at home on runs. What a joke.
Me too - exact same problem. It is very frustrating. Suddenly - just lately, in the last week, every time I go for a run I cannot play the music that has been synced to my watch for months now. Ridiculous.
Looks like 11.4 came out today. So if you haven’t installed the beta you can just update in the software update.
If you did install the beta but don’t want to get future betas you need to delete the beta program profile from your Profiles in the Settings.
I’m still seeing good results. Hoping it fixed for you as well.
Apple Music on Apple Watch (LTE) keeps pausing
