Control music and audio playing on your iPhone

[VJThorns]

Is the capability to control music/audio playing on your phone only a feature for Android and Windows devices?

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[Lufalulz]

No. In fact, it's supposed to work easier on iPhones because you don't need to activate Bluetooth classic like in Android. Instead, you only need to pair the device to the phone (make sure it shows "Connected" under Settings > Bluetooth) and it will start doing it if the App that you're using supports music control.

[John9876]

It works on my Iphone 7+. When you're on the music screen on the versa tap the three dots in the lower left of of the screen. A new screen will come up. Tap the image of a phone on the right to set it to control music on your phone. Then just pick up your phone and start playing music. Once the music is playing, the versa screen will display the controls. I can confirm it works with both the native Iphone music app and Pandora. If you can't get it to work try restarting the versa.

[VJThorns]

Great, thanks for the feedback. I was hoping for an independent audio
control not relying on those apps (such as starting Spotify on my phone and
using a player to pause it on the watch, similar to the Apple Watch that
doesn’t support Spotify either).

[VJThorns · Accepted solution]

Update: Music Control via Music "App" by holding left button, not the Music App in the Menu.

[amybb04]

I can not get this to work on my iPhone 8?  keeps telling me to use my computer to transfer music?

[VJThorns]

Hold the left button to get to the settings window. Swipe to the left to
see the music control screen. Tap the “...” and click the phone to change
the source. Start the music on your phone and this should let you pause
skip etc.

[Lauran]

Thank you - I was having trouble finding this setting on my new Versa!! I always have my phone with me, but I love being able to control music on my phone from my wrist 🙂

[Dianna912]

They didn’t make this feature intuitive at all! Thanks for the instructions!!

[Lizap92]

Thank you for this. Finally got it to work.