Streaming music from iPhone killing apple watch battery

[iono11200]

While at work, I stream music on the Sirius XM app on my phone and connect to a small Bluetooth speaker. I see a "now playing" icon at the top of my watch (Series 4 w/cellular). My battery life on my watch completely tanks when listening to music. Is there some way to play music thru my phone that won't "mirror" on my watch and keep killing the battery? I have already turned off Auto Launch Audio Apps on my phone.

 

[akash.nu]

Definitely doesn’t sound right. I listen to music for hours from my phone and that doesn’t have any impact on my watch battery life. Is there a watch app for the app you’re using to playback music?

 

[waw74]

that shouldn't do that.
the watch isn't getting much besides basic track info, so it's not being worked hard
does it do it with all music? or just Sirius?

you could try unpairing and re-pairing the speaker, not sure it will do anything, but probably won't hurt.


you could try unpairing and re-pairing the watch. Sometimes things just get scrambled, and this can sort it out.

• It should make a backup when you unpair, you can restore that backup after you re-pair. so you shouldn't loose anything.
• This will take some time, so plan for a time you won't miss the watch for an hour or 2 (although probably less than that)
• if you put your watch on the charger, and then once the restore is up and running, Turn off bluetooth on the phone, the watch will drop to wifi which can be a bit faster. (turn it off in the settings app, not control center, as that doesn't really turn it off)
• from my experience it takes the battery life a day or 3 to sort itself out, so wait before passing judgement.

 

[iono11200]

I simply deleted the "now playing" app from my watch and noticed a very significant improvement today. Thank You to those who replied.