Playing Audio from Watchface since Release of OneUI 8

[C C]

Am I the only one frustrated by the number of "Couldn't perform action.  Music not playing." errors when trying to start audio on the currently running audio player on my phone.  I am using a Galaxy Watch 7 running the latest update of OneUI 8 running both the Basic Dashboard watchface and the Ultra Info Board watchface.  I have been using the Basic Dashboard watchface for many years, first on my Galaxy Watch Active 2 and now on my Galaxy Watch 7 connected to a Galaxy S24+.  I run five different audio players on my phone and it happens on all of them.  (I only run one player at a time, and ensure the background service is cleared before launching a different player.)  I have not yet detected a pattern on what causes the failure.  It started with the update to OneUI 8 a few months ago.  I thought it might be the Ultra Info Board watchface I tried, as it has eight controls on the watchface.  I switched back to Basic Dashboard and have the same problem.  

[officialguy]

Will music play on your watch if you open the music app directly?

[C C]

Just to be certain I understand what you're asking, do you mean play audio from files located on my watch?  If so, no, I have not tried that. I have only used my watch as a slave to my phone (it is Bluetooth only, not LTE).  I use the watch as a convenient way to turn audio on and off while running, hiking, or snowboarding, or just stopping a sermon or lecture to take notes or respond to someone, as it is far easier than digging my phone out of my pocket.  Audio stop/start from the watch face (and from the audio control app) worked very reliably before the release of OneUI 8.

[DayronAlainPantoja]

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[JonSc]

I also noticed this. It will always pause from the watch face but won't start playing. However I notice if you add the media player widget, you can toggle it to play from there then it will also start working on the watch face again. Might work for you too

[C C]

I have the media player widget installed.  I haven't conducted detailed test, but watchface stop/start control seems to stop working after I pause (stop)  the audio from the watchface, then while it is paused, another phone function uses the audio, like a notification sound.  After that, the watchface audio control gives me the error message.  I usually must go to my phone to restart audio.  After that, the watchface control works fine until that same series of events occurs again.