Spotify not working on Apple Watch – How to fix

Spotify is not working on your Apple Watch? You can stream songs directly from your Watch through the Spotify app on your watch. This decreases your dependency on your other devices like iPhone, iPad. But, due to some reasons, some users have faced this issue where they seem to face trouble streaming songs on the Spotify app.

 

Fix 1 – Connect the watch and iPhone to same Wi-Fi

You must connect to the same Wi-Fi both on your iPhone and the watch.

Steps on the iPhone ~

Step 1 – At first, scroll downwards to open the Control Center.

Step 2 – Tap the “Wi-Fi” once.

Step 3 – Check the SSID of the Wi-Fi that your iPhone is connected to.



 

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Steps on the Watch ~

Step 1 – Tap the side button once.

 

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Step 2 – Later, touch the Wi-Fi to load it up.

 

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Step 3 – Check the name of the Wi-Fi in there. You have to connect to the same Wi-Fi. So, do that.

 

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See if this works.

 

Fix 2 – Turn on Bluetooth and configure connected device

The songs on the Spotify can only be streamed through the headphones. So, make sure that your Bluetooth headset is connected to it.

Step 1 – Tap the crown button on the device.

 

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Step 2 – Then, hit the Settings icon there.

 

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Step 3 – Open up the “Bluetooth” settings.

 

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Step 4 – Connect to the Bluetooth headphones that you are using.

 

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After this, there won’t be any problem streaming songs on Spotify.

 

Fix 3 – Close the Spotify on iPhone

If you have the Spotify app opened up on your iPhone, force-close it there and try to use it on the watch.

Step 1 – On your iPhone, swipe your finger from the left side to view the running apps.

Step 2 – Find the Spotify app instance there and force-close the app in there.

 

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After you have force-closed it, launch the app on your watch. Try to stream songs on there and check.

 

Fix 4 – Update the Spotify client on iPhone

If the Spotify app is still not working on the watch, updating the app should fix the issue.



Step 1 – Open up the App Store.

Step 2 – After opening that up, search for “Spotify” in the search box.

Step 3 – Among the search results, try to find the Spotify app.

Step 4 – Tap to open it up.

 

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Step 5 – Touch the “Update” option there to update the Spotify app.

 

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After updating the app, you must restart your iPhone and the watch. You can now stream songs in Spotify directly from your watch.