Tired of your Apple Watch automatically turning on the Now Playing screen every time you play a video or stream on your phone? You are not the only one, if this bothers you you can disable it with a few quick steps.
How to turn off the display of the audio player control screen on the Apple Watch automatically
Disabling Now Playing is very simple, whether you're using your Apple Watch or your iPhone. All you have to do is follow these steps:
◉ Press the “Digital Crown” button to display your apps.
◉ Open to Settings.
◉ Scroll down and tap Display & Brightness.
◉ Scroll all the way to the bottom and disable auto-playing audio apps.
And through the Watch app on the iPhone, just follow these steps instead:
◉ Open the watch app.
◉ Make sure you are on the My Watch tab.
◉ Scroll down and tap Display & Brightness.
◉ Disable the auto-play option for audio apps.
◉ Now the next time you play a video or audio clip on your iPhone, you won't see the Now Playing screen appear on your Apple Watch.
And if you ever want to go back, all you have to do is repeat the above steps and enable the auto-playing audio apps option.
How to access the audio player control screen manually
The audio player control won't now appear automatically, but you can still access it manually if you want to control what's playing from your Apple Watch, here's how:
◉ First, make sure you play a video or broadcast on your iPhone. It could be a video from YouTube.
◉ Go to the Apple Watch and while on the watch face, press the small white power button at the top of the screen.
◉ The “Now Playing” audio player control screen will open, and it will display the name of everything that is being played on your iPhone.
◉ Once you use the audio player control screen, you will be able to pause or resume videos or music, as well as increase or decrease the volume. If you tap the back button, you'll also be able to see and control what's playing directly on your Apple Watch.
Although it can be annoying, the Now Playing screen can be useful for controlling your iPhone without it near you. You can enable or disable this feature whenever you want, allowing you to experiment with different options.
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It was really annoying and after this news it was disabled. Thank you from the heart 😘
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Useful article, thank you.
It was annoying at first, but now I find it useful and indispensable when playing clips on the phone and listening using the AirPod, all I have to do is use the watch to control the volume and move to the next section without having to take the phone out of the pocket. But thank you, useful information.
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Yes, and I also did not like the appearance of that screen whenever I played audio materials on the iPhone.
May Allah reward you with good. I was asking about a solution for it