In this guide, let us look at how you can pair your Bluetooth sound accessories with a Wear OS smartwatch.
Pair Bluetooth Headphones to a Wear OS Smartwatch
Connecting Bluetooth headphones, earphones, or TWS buds to a smartwatch and playing music directly from the smartwatch is a lot more feasible than using a smartphone in some situations. Here’s how you can connect your wireless headphones to a Wear OS watch.
- Open the app drawer on your smartwatch, and search for the Settings app.
- Open the settings app, first tap on Connections, and in the connections menu, tap on Bluetooth.
- Now, put the Bluetooth headphones in pairing mode and tap on Scan for devices.
- After scanning, the watch will show your Bluetooth headphone in the list of Available Devices. Tap on the device’s name and allow permission for pairing.
- Once the pairing is successful, you can see a cog icon next to the name of your headphones. Tap on the icon and enable the toggles for Phone calls and Media audio. There’s also an unpair option that you can use if you no longer wish to pair the headphones.
- After pairing, your watch will also have a toggle in the quick settings menu, which you can use to connect the paired headphones to the smartwatch. And that’s it. Now, you can use your Wear OS smartwatch as an audio source for calls and music by connecting Bluetooth headphones. After pairing the headphones, a new shortcut for quick connection of headphones will be available in the quick settings menu of the watch. Moreover, if you have Samsung Galaxy Buds and a Wear OS smartwatch from Samsung, you can also add a dedicated tile to control the buds and modify settings like turning on or off active noise cancellation and customizing touch controls.
Final Words
Now, you can play music directly from your smartwatch using Spotify, YouTube Music, or any other streaming app, and you can also download tracks on your watch and listen to them anytime. However, the smartwatch’s battery backup will be slightly reduced by using it as the audio player, but this will be worth it in situations like a morning run or gym session, where you can leave your phone behind and play music using the smartwatch.
