Watching movies on Apple Watch

[jwolf6589]

As I am to understand correctly the only way to watch a movie clip on the AW is if someone texts me one (iMessage) correct?

 

[nokkynuk]

Yes, but why?

 

[Pennypacker83]

I can't understand why anyone would want to watch a movie on a phone, let alone a watch.

 

[jwolf6589]

I can't understand why anyone would want to watch a movie on a phone, let alone a watch.

Not a full movie just clips. However the watch may run out of battery fast.

 

[Lennyvalentin]

However the watch may run out of battery fast.

Indeed.

Apple Watch gains full-day battery life from the fact that most of the time the device is quite literally doing nothing.

 

[perezr10]

I’d love to be able to “watch” YouTube videos on my watch. A lot of the blogger type videos are mainly dialogue and don’t require closely watching. The watch is the perfect place because you can do other things and not worry about holding your phone.

 

[matrix07]

and not worry about holding your phone.

You don’t have to worry about holding your phone. You just have to use Bluetooth headphone.

That said, I’d imagine video watching will come to the watch in a few years.

 

[CobraPA]

There’s ‘WiFi Watch for Apple Watch’. I haven’t tried it yet, but your thread made me search. I thought there were a couple apps that claimed to do this. If you try it, let us know what you think.

Edit: and see this thread, https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/watching-a-movie-on-the-apple-watch.1951835/