Control Panel on Watch face

[circatee]

It seems with iOS 11, when playing music from my iPhone 7 Plus, the Control Panel (play, pause, forward, etc), shows on the watch screen.

Is there anyway to prevent this? I understand the convenience of this. However, I'd rather have it off...

Thanks

AW2 SS SB 42mm

 

[BruiserB]

It seems with iOS 11, when playing music from my iPhone 7 Plus, the Control Panel (play, pause, forward, etc), shows on the watch screen.

Is there anyway to prevent this? I understand the convenience of this. However, I'd rather have it off...

Thanks

AW2 SS SB 42mm

I just came here to post the same question. While I appreciate the way to have quick access to phone audio controls from my watch, it doesn't seem like those controls should be the first thing I see when I raise my wrist. I now have to push the crown to have it go back to the watch face to see the time.

Seems like it should be the opposite. You should always see the watch face first when raising your wrist, and then have a quick way to get to the audio controls if that's what you want.

 

[Cmd-Z]

This was bugging the crap out of me, but I think I figured it out. Go into Settings on your Watch (or Watch app on your iPhone): Settings> Wake Screen> Auto-launch Audio Apps> OFF. That seems to have done it for me.

 

[chabig]

It's a feature. I like it. You can turn it off, though. On your phone - Watch App > General > Wake Screen > Auto-launch Audio Apps. Turn this to off.

 

[BruiserB]

Now my phone is showing Music controls when I Raise to Wake it. How do I make that go away? I don’t have any audio apps open at all. Don’t mind these controls if I’m playing something, but don’t want to see them when I’m not.

 

[Cmd-Z]

Now my phone is showing Music controls when I Raise to Wake it. How do I make that go away? I don’t have any audio apps open at all. Don’t mind these controls if I’m playing something, but don’t want to see them when I’m not.

Yeah hopefully this gets fixed since this can't be intentional to have this widget appear on Raise to Wake when you're not playing anything. If you turn the setting above OFF, then that prevents the problem, but of course it never shows up then.

I'm calling what we're seeing a 'widget' of some sort, not the the Watch's Music app itself (which no longer has the ability to remote control your iPhone as before). If you close the widget while music is playing, then launch the Watch's Music app you'll see that it does not have any view of what's playing on your iPhone.

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