Spotify is rolling out the ability to stream music right from your Apple Watch

Spotify is rolling out the ability to stream music right from your Apple Watch, the firm confirmed to The Verge. Since the app’s launch in 2018, the Apple Watch labored primarily as a distant for Spotify music taking part in on an iPhone or Spotify Connect-compatible gadget. But as soon as the new function is rolled out to you, you’ll give you the chance to stream music from Spotify on your Apple Watch to Bluetooth headphones or audio system if you’re not close to your telephone.

My colleague Ian Carlos Campbell has entry to the streaming function, and he advised me how to set it up. First, on the music participant display screen, faucet the units menu at the bottom-right nook. If you might have the streaming function, it is best to see your Apple Watch at the prime of the listing (and for him, that had a “beta” tag in entrance of the watch identify).

If you faucet that, the app will then immediate you to choose from a Bluetooth gadget linked to your Apple Watch, akin to your AirPods or a Bluetooth speaker close by. Pick the gadget of your alternative, and music will begin streaming.

The streaming function requires that you’ve an Apple Watch Series 3 or later, watchOS 6.0 or later, a mobile or Wi-Fi connection, and the newest model of the Spotify app, in accordance to a Spotify assist doc.

Streaming isn’t the solely current addition to Spotify’s Apple Watch app: the firm added the ability to ask Siri to play music by the Apple Watch in April.