Now Playing

Apple · 3.6 ★ · FREE

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Description

The Now Playing app on Apple Watch will surface controls for content playing on your Apple Watch, iPhone or any of your connected devices like HomePod or paired Bluetooth speakers.

Use the Now Playing app to see and easily access your media across all of your connected devices
When playing media (music, audiobooks, podcasts) Now Playing will surface relevant media controls on your Apple Watch according to what you are listening to.
Use the Now Playing complication to display what you are listening to with a raise of your wrist.

Developer

Apple

Developer ID: 284417353

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What's New

Version 1.5 · Dec 12, 2025

Bug Fixes and Feature Enhancements

Ratings & Reviews

3.6

72 ratings

Recent Reviews

Etjoh

v1.1

Etjoh26

Since the last update, I can no longer listen to my audiobooks on the watch. This is so annoying because this is one of the reasons I bought this device. Please fix this.

Mar 26, 2022

Boulderdanh

v1.1

Great app

Great app for controlling playback on your iPhone or HomePods. Would be great if you could also control volume in an iPad.

Dec 10, 2021

taffycatinfiniti

v1.1

Used to work great

Used to work great, was incredibly useful for changing volume, pausing and whatnot. Not sure what changed, but now it can’t change volume without closing the app and connecting to another device even though the skip/pause buttons still work. Rating 3 stars because the only features automatically work anymore are the ones I don’t use as often because AirPods can do it themselves :/

Nov 22, 2021

Navygal60

v1.1

No longer works!!

Since the latest iOS update (15.1) on my phone and 8.1 on my watch, the Now Playing app no longer works on my watch. What comes up is “iPhone Not Playing” which it clearly is. Help! I miss this feature and I use it all the time!

Nov 22, 2021

nullah1014

v1.1

Can’t control music anymore

The watch updated and I can no longer control what music is playing with my watch. I use this feature everyday at the gym so it’s very annoying that it no longer works! PLEASE FIX THIS!!!

Nov 7, 2021