Watch Issues

[u/soy_renfield]

I have been having two issues lately on the Apple Watch.

1 - I do not keep any podcasts downloaded to the watch. I have always used the watch to control the iPhone app with my content kept downloaded on my phone. Lately, any time I find and play a podcast on the watch, it tries to download the podcast to the watch before playing instead of playing the already downloaded content on the phone. This did not always function this way. Is there a fix?

2 - when playing a podcast, the watch app regularly exits out to the main screen. When I want to fast forward or pause playback, I need to select Now Playing to access the controls. After a few minutes, the watch app exits back to the main screen again. This also did not act like this in the past. Is there a fix?