Standalone Spotify music streaming works best with cellular Apple Watch models that have a carrier plan and thus LTE or similar connectivity! Add Spotify Watch Face Complication Requirement: Obviously this Feature requires for your watchOS to have an active Internet connection. We will update this article as soon as more info is available!
It’s unclear yet if direct music streaming on Apple Watch with Spotify will be available for the free plan, or a Premium plan is required. Important: This new feature is currently rolling out and it might not be available for everyone yet. On the Spotify Home Screen, tap the Spotify Connect button and you can select your own Apple Watch as streaming source. With Spotify up and running on your Apple Watch you can ditch the paired iPhone and start streaming directly from your wrist: Standalone Music Streaming (Without iPhone) – Swipe-left from the home screen to display the recently played tracks. Scroll through the music that you’ve recently played with the Digital Crown and tap on a playlist or album to play it again. Spotify for Apple Watch includes two additional screens: The bottom part of the Home Screen comes with the favorite function (heart icon) and the Spotify Connect button that allows you to check a list of available Bluetooth audio devices that you can start airplaying too. The track’s title is displayed at the top of the screen. The Spotify home screen displays the usual playback functions including: Play/Pause and Skip Forward/Back the song that’s currently playing.
Scroll for Spotify or tap on its icon in the honeycomb. Raise your wrist to wake your watchOS device and click the Digital Crown to bring up the app bundle or app list, depending on your Apple Watch configuration.
Tap on INSTALL next to the Spotify label. If not, continue scrolling until your reach the Available Apps section.If it does, there’s nothing else you have to do. In the My Watch tab, scroll for the ‘Installed On Apple Watch’ section and check if Spotify appears in the list.Open the Watch app on the paired iPhone.To maximize your chances of getting Spotify standalone music streaming on Apple Watch we recommend you to update to the latest iOS version of this app ( 8.5.83 at the time of writing).
How To Stream Music On Apple Watch With Spotify 1. After an initial testing phase, standalone music streaming via Spotify on Apple Watch is now rolling out for worldwide users. This change has been awaited ever since Spotify for watchOS was first released, back in 2018. You can finally stream music on Apple Watch with Spotify without needing your iPhone around. Spotify music streaming on Apple Watch without iPhone Source: Macerkopf