Lately, I’ve started running again, using my Apple Watch Series 9 to keep track of my workouts. While it’s been phenomenal at showing me the week-over-week improvements I’ve been making, I’m still forced to bring my iPhone 17 Pro on all of my runs.
It’s annoying because the whole point of wearing the best smartwatch around my wrist is to free myself from my iPhone when I exercise, so it’s one less thing I have to worry about. The problem is partly due to how the YouTube Music app doesn’t let me download music locally to my Apple Watch. Instead, it simply functions as a glorified Bluetooth controller to access the app's functions on my iPhone — and that’s not helpful at all.
