Connect Airpods Pro to Watch without iPhone being nearby

[anjanesh]

Is it possible to connect an AirPods Pro (or any other regular bluetooth headset like Sony WI-C200) to an Apple Watch Series 7 Cellular with the iPhone being far away ?
At times I don't take my mobile with me when I go out for short intervals within the locality - I wear the watch though and was wondering if I can use the bluetooth headset to take calls / listen to music from via the watch ?

 

[krezimax1975]

I don 't take my phone with me on runs and walks with the dog . I connect airports pro to my watch to listen to music

 

[Lumpy05]

Yes I do this regularly going out for walks without phone. I use AirPods Pro with Apple Watch 7 cellular. I also did it before with non cellular just have to download music to the Watch memory while on Wi-Fi. Just start music or podcast from Watch app it should prompt to connect to headphones.

 

[NME42]

Yes. I have bluetooth headsets connected solely to my Apple Watch and use them for running without an iPhone nearby.

 

[perezr10]

It can be confusing, but you need to be sure to pick songs or podcasts from the “LIBRARY” and not “on iPhone”.

 

[skyhawkmatthew]

It’s super simple with the AirPods and the universal pairing through iCloud so you don’t even need to do any setup on the watch. When you select some media to listen to on the watch, it‘ll pop up a dialog to confirm you’d like to play on the AirPods, then away you go.

 

[anjanesh]

It can be confusing, but you need to be sure to pick songs or podcasts from the “LIBRARY” and not “on iPhone”.

We can also pick from Spotify app on the watch right ?

 

[perezr10]

Oh yes, you should be able to pick Spotify too. If you have the paid version, not the free version though. Someone correct me if I‘m wrong because I don’t use Spotify, but I believe that free Spotify doesn’t allow cellular standalone use on the watch.

My comment earlier was assuming if someone was using Apple Podcasts or Music.