Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in watchOS 27
- Apple Watch For Your Kids
- Run with Apple Watch
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- Unauthorized modification of watchOS
- Band care information
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Disposal and recycling information
- Apple and the environment
- Copyright and trademarks
Choose an audio destination on Apple Watch
When playing music, podcasts, or other media on Apple Watch, you can hear the audio output on your paired iPhone, paired Bluetooth headphones or speakers, or the Apple Watch speaker.
Note: 10 minutes of media playback through the Apple Watch speaker may reduce battery life by 1 hour. Media playback through the Apple Watch speaker isn’t supported when Apple Watch is charging or on Apple Watch Series 9.
Choose an audio output
Press the side button to open Control Center.
Tap
, then choose one of the following destinations:
Your iPhone speaker
The Apple Watch speaker
You can also tap on the play screens of the Audiobooks, Music, Now Playing, and Podcasts apps to open the AirPlay setting.
For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see Important safety information.