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Build a workout playlist on Apple Watch

Updated 2 November 2026

Mid-set is the worst time to type on a watch. Line your videos up once — the queue plays them back to back, and the keepers collect in Favorites for next time.

To be clear about what this is: TubeWrist isn't a music app, and it can't import an Apple Music playlist. The queue is the playlist — videos you line up once, played one after another, stored only on the watch.

Step by step

1. Find your videos before the session. Dictate a search — speaking is faster than typing on a watch — and open a channel to see everything they've posted.
2. Add each one to the Queue. Tap Queue in the button row under the player. Autoplay takes from the queue before anything else, and it's on by default.
3. Favorite the keepers. Tap the heart in the player's top bar. Favorites collect in the Library tab, so the next session starts two taps in.
4. Play, and put the wrist down. With Audio Only on, it keeps playing like a podcast while you lift. Pause and skip from your AirPods or the watch face.
5. Repeat the ones that work. Loop repeats a single video from the player's button row — handy for a track that keeps the pace up.

Tips

• Speed through the talky parts. Playback speed runs 0.5× to 2× and is remembered between videos.
• Replay yesterday's set. History records what actually started, and Recent Searches re-runs a search in one tap.
• Mind the data over cellular. Audio Only and the 480p cap keep a session reasonable — see battery and data.
• Your subscriptions count too. Optional Google sign-in adds Subscriptions, Liked and Watch Later under Settings ▸ My Videos.

Everything is unlocked for the first three days. After that, TubeWrist Pro is required to keep using the app.

Related guides

• Queue, autoplay, favorites, and history on Apple Watch
• Videos and podcasts on Apple Watch during workouts
• Listen to videos like podcasts on Apple Watch