Jun 11, 2012 Amazon Music We’re changing the way you find and play the music you love. Listen with your Prime membership or get more with Amazon Music Unlimited. Amazon Music included with Prime. Ad-free listening. Offline listening. Unlimited Skips. Hands-free Listening on your Favorite Devices Amazon.
The HomePod is not strictly limited to Apple Music playback through Siri — it is also an AirPlay target, and can recieve an audio signal from nearly every app on your iPhone. Here are some of the most common apps, and where to tap to get that to play on your new speaker.
Given that we're using AirPlay to stream, this procedure works to send the music to any AirPlay device, like a bunch of stereo receivers, or Apple TVs. As a reminder, this is your iPhone 'pushing' the music to the HomePod, rather than the HomePod 'pulling' it itself from a source, so if you leave and take your iPhone with you, or force-quit the running music app, the tunes will stop.
Spotify injects an extra step into the process, making you think you may need to sign up for premium — but you don't.
Amazon Music
Amazon mostly sticks to the user interface guidelines as set forth by Apple.
Pandora
You might have forgotten about Pandora with the growth of other services. We did, and were pleasantly surprised to find that the service reminded us that there is a lot more music now than when we last signed up, so we took a minute to add favorite songs.
Apple Music playing from your iPhone
Free Music Apps For Mac
Streaming Apple Music from your iPhone at first glance doesn't make a lot of sense, but it looks to be the way that you'll have to use in the future for multi-room playback on the device, when it arrives.
AppleInsider has affiliate partnerships and may earn commission on products purchased through affiliate links. These partnerships do not influence our editorial content.
If you're connected to Wi-Fi or cellular on your Apple Watch Series 3 or later, you can stream Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and audiobooks, even when you’re away from your iPhone.
You can also sync music, podcasts, or audiobooks from your iPhone to your watch. Then you can play the content on your watch without your iPhone nearby, even if your watch is not connected to Wi-Fi or cellular.
You need Bluetooth headphones or speakers to listen to music or other audio on your Apple Watch. Learn how to pair Bluetooth devices with your watch.
Learn more about how your watch uses Wi-Fi and cellular.
Listen to Apple Music
If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, you can play any song in the Apple Music catalog. Or use Siri to play any song in the Apple Music catalog. If you're not an Apple Music subscriber, you can play your songs, albums, and playlists. Learn more about how to use the Music app.
To stream music, open the Music app and tap the music you want. Or if you want to listen to radio, open the Radio app.
How to sync music to your Apple Watch
- Set your Apple Watch on its charger and make sure that it is charging. Make sure that your iPhone is within range of your watch.
- On your iPhone, go to Settings > Bluetooth. Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on.
- On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app, then tap the My Watch tab.
- Scroll to Music and tap it, then tap Add Music.
- Find the music that you want to sync. Tap the add button next to the music that you want. If you can't add specific albums or playlists, try downloading them to your iPhone before you sync with your watch.
How to remove music from your Apple Watch
- On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app, then tap the My Watch tab at the bottom of the screen.
- Scroll to Music and tap it, then tap Edit in the upper-right corner. If you don’t see Edit, no music is synced to your watch.
- Under Playlists & Albums, tap the delete button next to any music that you want to remove, then tap Delete. Here you can also turn off any automatically added playlists that you don't want on your watch.
Amazon Music App Won't Open On Mac
Listen to Apple Podcasts
By default, when you charge your Apple Watch, podcasts that you subscribe to sync to your Apple Watch. But you can also sync podcasts to your Apple Watch manually.
How to sync podcasts to your Apple Watch
- On your iPhone, go to Settings > Podcasts and make sure that Sync Podcasts is turned on.
- Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. Go to the My Watch tab, scroll to Podcasts, then tap it.
- Under Add Episodes From, tap Custom.
- Tap the slider for the show that you want.
If you don't see the show that you want, open the Podcasts app on your iPhone, find the show, then tap Subscribe.
Episodes are automatically removed from your Apple Watch after you listen to them.
Learn more about how to use the Podcasts app.
Listen to audiobooks
Purchase audiobooks in the Books app on your iOS or iPadOS device or Mac. Then use the Audiobooks app on your watch to play them.
By default, when you charge your Apple Watch, up to two audiobooks from your Reading Now or Want to Read collections sync to your Apple Watch. But you can also sync audiobooks to your Apple Watch manually.
How to sync audiobooks
- Set your Apple Watch on its charger and make sure that it is charging.
- On your iPhone, go to Settings > Bluetooth. Make sure that Bluetooth is turned on.
- On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app, then tap the My Watch tab.
- Scroll to Audiobooks and tap it. To add a new audiobook, tap Add Audiobook. If you see the download button , the audiobook is waiting to be synced. If you don't see the download button , the audiobook is already synced to your Apple Watch.
Learn more about audiobooks.
Do more with music and podcasts on your Apple Watch
- You can start a specific playlist every time you begin a workout. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and tap My Watch. Tap Workout, then tap Workout Playlist.*
- If you don’t want Now Playing to open automatically, you can turn it off. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and tap the My Watch tab. Tap General, then tap Wake Screen and turn off Auto-launch Audio Apps.
*Workout playlists are available on Apple Watch Series 1 or later.