Apple Watch keeps showing what's playing on my HomePod instead of my desired watch face

JazzboBebopper wrote:

So far so good! However, the Apple Music icon above '12' has now gone away, so it's not there for when I want to check what's playing on the HomePods. That may be transitory (which it always has been, in my experience). I'll hang out with it this way and see.

What I saw was this sequence, BTW:

Settings > General > Auto-Launch > Live Activities Settings > Media Apps > Allow Live Activities > Off

Thanks for Watch-ing, Zachyy!

Glad it worked! You could also through the same steps and set it to your Smart Stack instead of Off, so it won't open the entire app, but just show as a widget in your Smart Stack. If you don't want to see it at times, you can simply scroll up to the Watch face and stay there. If you ever want to see which song is playing you can scroll down or double tap. This will also preserve the music icon on the top of your Watch face.

On your Apple Watch, try to open Settings > General > Auto-Launch > Live Activities Settings > Media Apps > Off.

JazzboBebopper wrote:

Perfect!! I never knew about that one.

You're very welcome! It was a pleasure to assist you today and I hope you enjoy your weekend.