Spent €300 or something on a watch direct from Apple.
Specifically got it for running without my iPhone so I can track runs and also listen to podcasts.
Firstly, pocketcasts wants a subscription for the pleasure of listening on my very expensive wrist device. Ok let’s try Apple Podcasts.
No matter what I do, it only plays on the phone. Earphones connected to the watch is fine. But for the life of me I cannot get the podcast to play on my watch.
When I hit PLAY on the watch, without fail it starts on the phone.
I’ve tried various things and nothing changes it.
If this is a likely and longstanding issue then that’s fine as it’s going back for a refund anyway.
But just what is going on or what am I doing wrong? Why is it so complicated?
I’m not exactly a Luddite either.
The return is in process and need to drop it at a point but just wanted to know what I did or didn’t do wrong.
Did you try Overcast?
Nope. Is that another podcast app?
It is. It’s what I use so I can leave my phone at home while doing cardio. It’s worked almost flawlessly for me. Sometimes, for some reason, some episodes don’t download to the watch, but they stream just fine so I’ve been insufficiently motivated to look into it too much. It happens maybe one morning a month.