Manually turn off Airplay on Apple Watch
When I leave home for a run and want to listen to a Podcast on my Apple Watch streaming through my AirPods which are connected over BlueTooth to my Apple Watch, all I get is streaming to our Apple TV / HomePods over AirPlay. There is no option to select the AirPods. Just spoke with Apple Support and they were not able to offer a solution. Once I am far away from home and the watch no longer can reach AirPlay the AirPods start to work.
There must be a way to manually turn off AirPlay on the Apple Watch.
Apple Watch Ultra 2