Play music on Apple Watch Ultra
Use the Music app to choose and play music on Apple Watch Ultra. You can play music stored on Apple Watch Ultra, control music on your iPhone, and stream music from Apple Music if you’re a subscriber.
Siri: Say something like:
“Play ‘Party Girls’ by Victoria Monét”
“Play more songs from this album”
“Play my workout playlist”
“Play Apple Music Country”
“Play cool jazz”
“Play the dinner party playlist”
“Play a playlist to help me relax”
“Play more like this”
Play music
![The Music app shows the Home screen with one album showing. A More Options button is to the right. At the top right is the Now Playing button. A Back button is at the top left.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/fac1e123e747af3e0dfe0bb19bd309ca.png)
After you connect Apple Watch Ultra to Bluetooth headphones or speakers, open the Music app on your Apple Watch Ultra, then do any of the following:
Play music on your Apple Watch Ultra: Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through the Home screen, then tap an album, playlist, or category.
Use the Apple Watch app on your iPhone to choose which songs to add to Apple Watch Ultra.
Play music from your music library: From the Home screen, tap
, tap Library, tap a category such as Playlists, Albums, Downloaded, or a recently added item, then choose the music you want to play.
Request music from Apple Music (Apple Music subscription required): Raise your wrist, then request an artist, album, song, genre, or portion of a song lyric.
Search the Apple Music library: Tap Search, enter an album, artist, or song, then tap Search. Tap a result to play it.
Play music for you
If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can play music chosen just for you.
Open the Music app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Scroll down to view music you’ve recently added to your Apple Watch Ultra, as well as a curated feed of playlists and albums based on your likes and dislikes.
Tap a category, tap an album or playlist, then tap
.
![The Now Playing screen in the Music app. Album art is in the middle, the song title and artist are below. At the bottom of the screen are the Previous, Play/Pause, and Next buttons. The More Options button is at the top right. The Back button is at the top left.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/3364fdd6d3d78aee48357185b9d8f414.png)
Open the queue
When playing music, you can see a list of upcoming songs in the queue.
Open the Music app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Play an album or playlist, tap
, then tap Playing Next.
To play a track in the queue, tap it.
By default, Auto Play adds music to the end of the queue that’s similar to what you’re playing. To turn off Auto Play, tap .
Note: When you turn off Auto Play on a device that uses your Apple ID—your Apple Watch Ultra, for example—it’s turned off only for that device. Other devices will continue to use Auto Play until you turn it off on each one.
To add music you choose to the queue, swipe left on a song, playlist, or album; tap ; then tap Play Next or Play Last. Music you choose to play last is added to the end of the queue.
Control playback
Turn the Digital Crown to adjust volume. Use these controls to play music on your Apple Watch Ultra and iPhone:
![]() | Play the current song. | ||||||||||
![]() | Pause playback. | ||||||||||
![]() | Skip to the next song. | ||||||||||
![]() | Skip to the beginning of the song; double-tap to skip to the previous song. |
Tip: To hide the controls, tap the Now Playing screen.
Shuffle or repeat music
Shuffle or repeat music from the playback screen: While viewing the playback screen, tap
, tap Playing Next, then tap
or
.
Tap
twice to repeat a song.
By default, if you’re an Apple Music subscriber, Autoplay adds music similar to what you last played to the end of the queue. To turn off Autoplay, tap
.
Shuffle music in your library: On the Now Playing screen, tap
, tap Library, tap Artists, Albums, or Songs, then tap Shuffle All.
Play music on a different device
You can stream music not only from your Apple Watch Ultra to paired headphones, but also to other Bluetooth-compatible devices such as headphones and speakers. You can also control music on AirPlay-compatible devices such as HomePod speakers and Apple TV.
On the Now Playing screen, tap at the top right, then do any of the following:
Connect to a Bluetooth device: Tap AirPlay, tap Choose a Device, then choose a Bluetooth device.
Connect to an AirPlay device: Tap AirPlay, tap Control Other Speakers & TVs, choose a device, then choose some music to play.
Quickly return to the Now Playing screen
From any screen in the Music app, tap in the top-right corner. If the watch face is showing, turn the Digital Crown up, then tap the currently playing song in the Smart Stack or tap
at the top of the screen.