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Watch: watchOS 4 restricts browsing of connected iPhone music library

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With the release of watchOS 4, Apple no longer allows users to browse their iPhone's music library, restricting song list viewing to tunes stored on device.

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ben20 10 Years · 126 comments

Doesn't matter, it runs out of battery quickly anyway. I wonder what surprises we see with iPhone X....

cmd-z 9 Years · 69 comments

This is a bummer!  I used this feature to select/ change playlists on my iPhone while it AirPlays to my home stereo (cool party trick).  Luckily I can still use my watch to pause, skip, change volume on my iPhone, but cannot change playlists from the watch like I used to.  Oh well ...

eightzero 15 Years · 3162 comments

Breaking: Apple announced today that an app to allow full viewing of the library on the watch, but requires an in-app purchase of a $10/mo subscription. First 3 months are free.

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colesq 19 Years · 42 comments

Old way could get confusing when the Watch would magically go back to preferring iPhone source right before running outside and leaving it behind. Probably best to start the obvious process of consciously decoupling the two devices, just as Apple slowly did with iPhone years ago.

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