How to Add Music to Apple Watch

The Apple Watch is an extraordinary connected watch. This slim and sleek smartwatch offers impressive performance from both a health point of view and a smart point of view. And although this is an Apple product, it does offer several interesting customization options. Well, if on some day you want to leave your iPhone at home, you can listen to music directly from your watch through headphones. You can add music, albums, and playlists right on your Apple Watch. Interesting, isn’t it?

All you need is a fully charged pair of truly wireless headphones, and you can listen to your favorite tunes (or podcasts) while you run and walk. Or, you can stream music directly to your watch. Either way, it provides a seamless experience.

Now that that’s taken care of, let’s see how to add and listen to music on your Apple Watch.

How to add music to Apple Watch from your iPhone

One of the requirements for adding music from your iPhone is that the track is available on Apple Music.

Step 1: Open the Watch app on your phone and navigate to the My Watch tab at the bottom.

Then scroll down until you see the Music option.

2nd step: When finished, tap the Add Music button under Playlist & Albums.

Now you will be redirected to Apple Music to select the music tracks.

Step 3: Find the songs and tracks you want to add and once you’ve selected one, tap the little three-dot button at the top. Next, tap Add to album.

Do this for all the remaining songs.

The songs will be queued and added to the Apple Watch once you place it on the charging pug next to your iPhone. Simple, right?

The next time you listen to a new song on Apple Music, tap the three-dot menu and select Add to album. The songs will automatically be added to the album by default. All you have to do is select and sync.

Pro tip: The Apple Watch also has the default feature to automatically add your recent music to your watch. If you’re not a fan of this feature, toggle the switch next to Recent Music.

At the same time, you can also add playlist from Apple Music.

How to remove music from the watch

Did you add the wrong song? You can easily remove it.

Just swipe left on the song and hit the delete button.

How to check storage

Now the Apple Watch doesn’t have infinite storage. In addition to music tracks, installed apps also hog a considerable amount of built-in storage.

Fortunately, there is storage that is easy to check out before you go too far.

Open the Apple Watch app on your phone and tap Settings> Storage.

The watch will analyze the storage and give you a clear picture within a few minutes. From there, you can decide to add new songs or delete existing ones.

How to Add Music to Apple Watch Directly

Interestingly, you can also add songs and albums right to your watch. However, the small screen may be a little less comfortable compared to your phone. Nevertheless, it is possible.

Step 1: Press the crown of your watch to access the application page. Select and open the Music app.

Now play a song to your liking.

2nd step: Press the three-dot button and select Add to Library. And that’s about it.

The next time you place your watch in its charging cradle, the selected tracks will be added immediately. At the same time, make sure the watch has a good internet connection.

How to Add Music from Spotify

Step 1: On your watch, open the Spotify app through the app page.

2nd step: Now zero on the song you want to download and tap the three-dot menu.

Then select Download to Apple Watch.

Unlike Apple Music, you will see a green arrow next to the downloaded music. Cool, right?

How to download specific tracks for the gym

Yes, you read that right. You can download specific gym music to listen to while you burn it in the gym. Interesting, isn’t it? And these options are present directly on the Apple Watch application.

Step 1: On your iPhone, open the Apple Music app and open a playlist. You can search for one or choose one from the home page.

Next, tap on the three-dot menu at the top and select Add to Library.

2nd step: Then open the Watch app and scroll down until you see the Workout option.

Then select Workout Playlist, and all saved playlists will be displayed as a list. Select one.

This playlist will automatically play when you start a workout on your phone or when your watch detects a workout.

For now, there are two customization options. You can listen to songs or mix them up to play them in a different order. Cool, right?

Shake a leg

This is how you could add and listen to songs and playlists on your watch. All you need is a pair of compatible headphones to listen to your favorite songs right from your watch.