u/sqrt_of_pi

Apple Watch controls no longer work with Overcast

I've been using Overcast for a few years (love it!) and play a lot of podcasts while at the gym, using headphones. Until recently, I was able to control pause/skip/rewind from my Apple Watch. Maybe a couple of weeks ago, the watch controls stopped working. I can bring up the controls on my watch, but pressing forward/rewind/pause has no effect; I can only control the audio from my phone. When I press play/pause it DOES toggle the icon but does not actually affect the audio.

I have restarted my watch, and I also verified that similar controls work for Apple Music, which is really the only other app I use watch-audio-controls with. I have also checked with two different headphone/earbuds connected, and also with no earphones connected (playing podcast on phone, still unable to use controls on watch).

Any ideas for troubleshooting or fixed to get the watch controls working again?

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u/sqrt_of_pi — 2 days ago