Can the Apple Watch and Apple AirPods be used at the same time?

Yes. I use my watch to change the volume on my AirPods (even though the audio is normally coming from my phone). read more

An Apple Watch is essentially an extension of your phone. It has nothing to do with Apple AirPods, whose purpose is to allow you to listen to music or podcasts privately and answer your phone. Not only is it practical to use them together, but the were designed to be used together. read more

Can I change a setting so I can hear announcements from my Apple Watch say when I’m listening to a podcast. I go on long walks and runs and use Nike Run on my watch buu still take my phone and listen to a podcast on pocket casts. read more

AirPods are connected to your iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time. Sound automatically switches between them. Follow these steps to use your AirPods to play audio from a different device or to switch the audio to different headphones or speakers. read more

They can be connected at the same time over the Apple Account associated with the AirPods. Audio is not played from each device at the same time. They will intelligently switch audio between the Apple watch and iPhone based on which is being used though. read more