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Apple Watch player

Kanora on Apple Watch started as a practical companion for the iPhone and has grown into a local player for music you choose to take with you.

What This Means

Apple Watch support covers companion control, Watch sync management from iPhone, local playback from Watch storage, Cover Flow browsing, and Now Playing complications.

In the app

What it looks like today.

Captures of the current build. Status badges above still apply — a screenshot shows what runs, not what is finished.

Kanora on Apple Watch: two choices, Synced Library for downloaded tracks and iPhone Library for control of the phone.
Apple WatchHome
Browsing the iPhone library from the Watch: an artist list with album and track counts.
Apple WatchiPhone Library
Now Playing on the Watch: track, artist and album, a progress bar and previous, pause and next controls.
Apple WatchNow Playing
The Synced Library on the Watch before any music has been sent from the iPhone.
Apple WatchSynced Library

What you can do

Use the Watch as a small, accurate control surface for the iPhone when the phone is nearby, including Now Playing state, playback controls, and library browsing from the wrist.

Send selected albums, playlists, and tracks from the iPhone to the Watch, then play that music locally from Watch storage through headphones when carrying a phone is more nuisance than help.

Browse synced albums with Cover Flow, use touch or the Digital Crown, and return to Now Playing from the watch face through Kanora complications.

Why it matters

The Watch has enough storage and enough presence on the body to be useful for music, but only when the app respects what the device is good at: short interactions, glances, workouts, walks, runs, hikes, and moments where the phone can stay behind.

For Kanora, the important point is that the Watch is not a streaming accessory. It can carry a selected slice of a library you own, play it locally, and still act as a remote when the iPhone is the better playback device.

Status

This is in development. The core shape is now present across companion control, sync management, local playback, Cover Flow, and complications, while UX polish and physical-device validation remain active work.

The next pass is about making storage decisions, transfer failures, and the small Watch screens clearer without turning the Watch into a cramped version of the iPhone app.