Any Luck Syncing Music?

[Robert M.]

I'm having a hard time getting music to sync to the watch. It says "Sync Pending", even when the Apple Watch is connected to a charger. It worked at first, but now it's being stubborn.

They should find a better way to handle this.

 

[gusping]

I'm having a hard time getting music to sync to the watch. It says "Sync Pending", even when the Apple Watch is connected to a charger. It worked at first, but now it's being stubborn.

They should find a better way to handle this.

Yep. After 2-3hrs mine hadn't synced 47 songs so i gave up. Utter crap, i'd just avoid it for now.

 

[Robert M.]

Yep. After 2-3hrs mine hadn't synced 47 songs so i gave up. Utter crap, i'd just avoid it for now.

Finally got it to work, but I had to keep adding/removing the watch from its charger. It's a buggy mess

 

[gusping]

Finally got it to work, but I had to keep adding/removing the watch from its charger. It's a buggy mess

Yea, I'm tempted to return my watch. It's just not as refined as it should be.

 

[brholton]

I synced 60 songs. Took about 5 minutes.

 

[gusping]

I synced 60 songs. Took about 5 minutes.

Was it charging when you did it?

 

[Steviejobz]

I synced 60 songs. Took about 5 minutes.

Were the songs 2 seconds long? Synching 50 songs took an hour. Huge fail.

 

[gusping]

Were the songs 2 seconds long? Synching 50 songs took an hour. Huge fail.

47 songs took over 2 hours for me and even then it wasn't done so I gave up.

 

[Robert M.]

I synced 60 songs. Took about 5 minutes.

You are incredibly lucky. Seems to be hit or miss at this point. It did go fast after messing with it for a while, though. But not THAT fast lol

 

[The Doctor11]

I can't seem to get it past 1% synced.

 

[danlovaj]

So looks like you can only sync one playlist to the watch?

 

[sterl320]

It was 1 2 3 for me. are you sue the watch was charging? did it have the green charge icon on?

 

[greytmom]

Took me about 5 minutes to get to 85%. But then I had to unplug and head out.

It does have to download songs to iPhone first, if your music is in the cloud. That likely accounts for some delay. Although my entire playlist is in the cloud and it wasn't taking that long...

 

[greytmom]

Also, my playlist has about 125 songs in it.

 

[Robert M.]

I can't seem to get it past 1% synced.

I had the same problem. It's buggy right now. I'm going to erase everything and try a longer playlist. To see if I can figure out what's going on.

 

[priscilla55]

My playlist is 44 songs and 260 MB in size. Took no more than 5 minutes. I'm sure that the faster speeds reported here are normal and those with really slow speeds have some problem somewhere. Could be a slow internet connection and songs in the cloud, or some software setup problem or maybe a hardware problem that needs checking out by Apple.

 

[shandyman]

I had the same problem. It's buggy right now. I'm going to erase everything and try a longer playlist. To see if I can figure out what's going on.

Are your songs already on the phone? or are they in the cloud in iTunes Match or iTunes in the Cloud? If in the cloud,then it has to download them to your phone, then phone to watch, this is what causes most of the delay.

 

[Robert M.]

No they're on the phone.

 

[garygmar]

I synced 125 songs and it took about 25 minutes. Worked perfectly with my bluetooth headphones.

 

[SLQ03]

Synced my 52 song gym mix and it literally took like 10 minutes. Both phone and watch were plugged in.

 

[Brian Y]

It worked for me, but it was ridiculously slow. Took over half an hour to sync less than 100 songs!

 

[8CoreWhore]

The device has these microscopic perforations in it that the music has to squeeze through. I suspect after several syncings, it'll ease up a bit. In the meantime, give it a bit of lube.

 

[8CoreWhore]

It worked for me, but it was ridiculously slow. Took over half an hour to sync less than 100 songs!

Maybe check to confirm the Wifi is on "n" and not defaulting to something slower?

 

[Sodner]

I selected a playlist to sync. Put the watch on the charger and when I got up all the music was transferred. Easy peasy.

 

[evalea]

I synced a 125 song playlist. But it took well over 2 hours. In fact I'm not sure how long it took as I ended up going to bed when it was about 87%. I checked and make sure all the songs were downloaded after it was sitting at 47% and it had been 90 mins. That wasn't the problem because it took another hour to get to 87%. Then I gave up waiting and went to bed. The sync was completed by the time I woke up this am though.

It must use the extra tiny wifi tubes /s