The Spotify app has been on Apple Watch for years now, but it’s really a glorified remote control for the app running on your iPhone. That’s changing right now, with Spotify pushing a server-side change to let you stream music directly to your Apple Watch.
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Sign in to iCloud with the same Apple ID on both devices. If you haven't already, turn on Switch Control on your Mac. Use your switch to navigate the Switch Control Home panel. Select the device that you want to control, then select Connect. Now you can use the switch connected to your Mac to control the other device. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. Tap My Watch, then tap Music. Turn off any automatically added playlists you don’t want on your Apple Watch. To remove other music you’ve added to Apple Watch, tap Edit, then tap next to the unwanted items. Music you remove from your Apple Watch remains on.
- Several Apple Watch users say that they have received a message on their Apple Watch asking if they would like to stream Spotify on their timepieces. Currently, all that Spotify's Apple Watch app can do on the smartwatch is act as a remote control device for the music streamer's iPhone app.
- While streaming directly from the Apple Watch, Spotify users will be able to access their library, as well as a recently played playlist. The original report notes that there isn’t a built-in search function. That means you’ll need to rely on Siri for this aspect, even when using Spotify to stream directly from the Apple Watch.
- Spotify is starting to roll out streaming audio support for Apple Watch, meaning users will be able to listen to music or podcasts without an iPhone nearby. Although Spotify initially launched on.
Yes, if you have an LTE-enabled Apple Watch, you never have to carry your iPhone while you’re out jogging. Multiple Twitter users have been showing off the new features, which is still technically in beta. Check out the tweet below from user imPatrickT, who spotted the feature yesterday. I’m more jealous of the cellular-enabled VW, though.
spotify apple watch streaming. ? pic.twitter.com/UjaRFiruiR
— patrick. Spotify free google home mini existing customers cyber monday. (@imPatrickT) November 3, 2020
The Spotify streaming feature on Apple Watch works on cellular data or on WiFi, so you can use it at the gym as well if you only have the WiFi version. There doesn’t appear to be any search field though, so you’ll have to use Siri to find new tracks to listen to. Better load up your Spotify with some killer playlists before you go on that run.
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It’ll also show any recently played content, so that’s one way to get your favorite tracks onto your Apple Watch without fighting with Siri. App to download music from spotify.
As we said earlier, this is a server-side switch, so if you can’t see the feature on your Apple Watch yet, just wait. It’ll be on the way.
What do you think? Do you see yourself using this new Spotify feature? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.
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Spotify is rolling out an update to iPhone owners that lets them control the music streaming service from their Apple Watch. The update began rolling out starting April 2 and is available for Apple Watch owners running watchOS 6.
Once the update is installed, users can control Spotify using voice commands on their Apple Watch. We've compiled a handful of the most popular commands that you can use to get you started. Continue reading to browse all of the new Siri tricks you can try on your Apple Watch now.
Start Playing Any Music 'on Spotify'
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You can launch Spotify and start playing your music using your watch as long as you remember to add 'on Spotify' to the end of your command.
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- Play [Song Name] on Spotify: Plays the song you've chosen and then a series of songs that Spotify recommends.
- Play Today's Top Hits on Spotify: Plays songs from Spotify's Top Hits playlist.
- Play [Artist Name] on Spotify: Plays songs from Spotify's preset playlist for the Artist you've chosen.
- Play [Album Name] on Spotify: Plays songs from the album by the name specified and shuffles the songs.
- Play [genre] music on Spotify: Plays songs from the beginning of a recommended playlist in that genre.
- Play [Podcast Name] on Spotify: Plays episodes from the requested podcast in Spotify.
Play Music from Your Library
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You can launch Spotify and start playing music from your library using your Apple Watch. Once again, you have to remember to add 'on Spotify' to the end of your command.
- Play my liked songs on Spotify: Plays songs from your 'Liked Songs' playlist with shuffle turned on.
- Play Music on Spotify: Plays a random song from your library.
- Play [Playlist Name] on Spotify: Plays songs from your playlist with that name or finds a playlist created by someone else with that name if there are no matches in your library.
Control Playback
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Besides simply playing a song, you can use Siri on your Apple Watch to also control the playback of your music.
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- Pause: Pauses the song that is playing.
- Play: Starts playback for the song that is first in the queue.
- Skip this song: Starts playing the next song in the queue.
- Previous track: Starts playing the current song from the beginning, not the track before.
- Raise (or Lower) the volume: Turns up or turns down the volume.
- Turn on repeat: Turns on repeat so that the current song will play over again until it is turned off.
- Shuffle: Shuffles the playback of the current queue or playlist.