Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Alarms
- App Store
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- ECG
- Medications
- Memoji
- Music Recognition
- News
- Now Playing
- Reminders
- Remote
- Shortcuts
- Siren
- Stocks
- Stopwatch
- Tides
- Timers
- Tips
- Translate
- Vitals
- Voice Memos
- Walkie-Talkie
- World Clock
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- VoiceOver
- Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver
- Apple Watch basics with VoiceOver
- Apple Watch Mirroring
- Control nearby devices
- AssistiveTouch
- Use a braille display
- Use a Bluetooth keyboard
- Zoom
- Tell time with haptic feedback
- Adjust text size and other visual settings
- Adjust motor skills settings
- Set up and use RTT
- Accessibility audio settings
- Type to speak
- Auto-select focused app
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Listen to radio on Apple Watch
In the Music app 
on Apple Watch, Radio is the home of Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country—three Apple Music stations that feature the latest music from a variety of genres as well as exclusive interviews. You can also listen to broadcast radio and featured stations crafted by music experts.
No subscription is required to listen to Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, or Apple Music Country.
Listen to Apple Music radio
To listen to Apple Music radio, make sure your Apple Watch is near your iPhone or connected to a Wi-Fi network—or a cellular network, if your Apple Watch has a cellular plan.
Go to the Music app
on your Apple Watch.From the Home screen, tap
, tap Radio, then tap Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, or Apple Music Country.
Listen to a featured or genre station
Go to the Music app
on your Apple Watch.From the Home screen, tap
, tap Radio, then turn the Digital Crown to scroll through stations and genres created by music experts.Tap a genre to see its stations, then tap a station to play it.
Explore radio options
When playing a radio station, you can see what’s playing next, add music to your library or a playlist, share songs and stations, mark what you do and don’t like, and go to an artist or album screen.
Go to the Music app
on your Apple Watch.Tap Radio, then tap a station to play it.
Tap
, then choose an option.
Listen to broadcast radio
You can listen to thousands of broadcast radio stations on your Apple Watch.
Siri: Say something like “Play Wild 94.9” or “Tune in to ESPN Radio.”
You can ask for stations by name, call sign, frequency, and nickname.
Note: You don’t need a subscription to Apple Music to listen to broadcast radio. Broadcast radio isn’t available in all countries or regions. Not all stations are available in all countries or regions.