I’ve lengthy used the ‘Now Enjoying’ Apple Watch complication. Proper now it is the center row of the ‘Modular’ Face. Since watchOS 11 (and naturally iOS 18) it by no means lists any playback particulars on the watch face itself. It solely states “Music and podcasts you play will seem right here.
If I tap it to enter the Now Enjoying app, I can see my numerous gadgets and the music being performed, even management it, however going again to the watch Face, it stays clean with the identical textual content.
Per the clock, I took the Watch Face screenshot after viewing the Now Enjoying display, so the info was positively up to date, the widget ought to have been up to date, and even reveals that it’s displaying what’s “on” the iPhone, but not.
There aren’t any settings I can discover related to this, the ‘Music’ settings on the Apple Watch, through the iPhone’s Watch app, solely lists what music needs to be cached on the Watch. The settings on the Watch’s Settings app through the Watch, below Music, additionally must do with Library and Privateness settings, however nothing to do with present playback standing.
Lastly, the Good Stack reveals that media is enjoying and retains up with its progress, and you’ll see within the Notification Middle that the Watch is conscious that media is lively.
Working an Apple Watch Sequence 6 with an iPhone 16 Professional. The conduct was additionally current on an iPhone 15 Professional and the identical Watch, which I had when iOS 18/watchOS 11 first turned accessible. It has not been resolved even with watchOS 11.0.1 and iOS 18.0.1. Similar Wifi community, and once more I level out that the Watch clearly can, and does know media is actively enjoying elsewhere. The Watch is paired to the iPhone enjoying media, each on the iPhone 15 beforehand, however up to date and re-paired to the now iPhone 16.
What am I lacking?