Anyone having issues controlling music on iPhone with Apple Watch since OS 4.3.1

In the case I described above, I asked gbavero to see if he sees the same behavior with an Album in a playlist that has been shared with the AW. That is, you have the Album on the AW but you're playing/navigating the copy on the iPhone.

I tried to use Siri from my watch and even that way of playing music on my iPhone is iffy using that route.

I told Siri to play a specific band and song and I was happy to see my iPhone start to play, but although the band was correct, the song was a random one from that same band.

Of course when I tell Siri on my phone to play a band and song, all turns out to be working just fine.

gbavero:

You gave a very useful debugging details. You've demonstrated that although the music browser on your AW can't play a particular song the iPhone, AW siri can play a particular song on the iPhone. Can't it play an album? Once it plays the album can the AW navigate to any song on the Album? Once AW Siri plays the album, can AW browser then also play it? If you continue experimenting, you may discover an easy "work around" that you can share.

No dice!

When I wake up Siri on my AW and then say play a certain album by that certain band the music will start to play on the phone, but the song will be from a different album but the same band; this issue is a hot mess,

Details matter.

Did AW Siri echo print one Artist and Album, but then played a different Artist and Album?

example:

To AW: "Hey Siri, play Radiohead album Kid A"

Can the AW browse the album after the song plays?

I agree that details matter, but this is by far an Apple issue that they will need to address; there is so much a consumer can do on their own.

I asked Siri to play Back for the Attack from Dokken, and the album that played was Under Lock and Key.

I asked Siri to play Out of the Celler by Ratt and the album that played was Infestation.

I'm experienced the same issue this weekend over the 4th at a pool party where I was controlling the music from my watch, thinking I was cool. NOPE! Nothing but a bunch of random music.

If this is intentional, then it's Apple being Apple and messing things up that were there prior in order to push you to upgrade to Apple Music (All for the $$$). Remember when the new Apple Watch 3 with cellular came out and everyone upgraded their AW and we all lost the "On Iphone" option to control our iPhone Music from our AW? Yea, they must have gotten a lot of crap about that one, hence it's back. They give it back and acted as if it was a new feature.

Thanks ambroze72. My iPhone was on 11.4 and it was frustrating the **** out of me that the albums on my iPhone were showing up on my AW but they just refused to play when I selected them on the watch. I think randomly, one album played so it frazzled me even more!

Just did an update on my phone to 11.4.1 and all is good again!

(My Apple Watch is still on 4.3 and I haven't updated it but as you've said, the problem was on the iOS and not Watch OS)

This just in within the hour. Apple update for the iPhone to 11.4.1 fixed the issue. I have NOT updated my AW yet. Issue was a bug in IOS 11.4.

Yes, I have issues like you describe. When I try to play an album on my phone via the watch it won’t play but will play random songs. My albums are all ripped cds

Ifdiorio:

For debugging, spell out the details of the behavior you see. When you launch the Music Player on the watch and swipe down to see you library, what happens next?

I just choose iPhone library, artist, album, play music and nothing happens. When I press play for the second time, the app starts a random play.

The 'Now Playing' screen works fine, the problem is starting playing songs from an selected album or from the 'all Songs' section.