After many iOS years, I finally jumped earlier today to an android Samsung S3. Initial impressions are outstanding. Got bluetooth paired with my aftermarket Pioneer radio with no problem, and Pandora streams audio flawlessly. However, Pandora on my iPhone would stream the song data (title, artist, etc). Does the android app not have the same functionality? Not sure if it's a function of the app or the phone. The music plays and I can even skip tracks with my steering wheel control. But no song data.
I'm sure I'll be back with more questions, but I'm still in the "play with the new toy" mode right now. Thanks!
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I was just curious if there is an app out there that will allow me to stream my .mp3's or pandora/slacker radio over the bluetooth in my car??
Does not require an app, I sync my bluetooth with my car radio and any audio plays through it, music, pandora, gps, everything.
plz explain how one goes about doing this....thanks in advanced
Maybe your bluetooth didn't support it. Mine synced just fine with our acura rdx bluetooth and played my mp3s. Other systems only support headset bluetooth and not audio.
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I will have to check that out. I have a new car so I would hope that it would have that functionality. My calls and everything work fine through the blue tooth but I will have to check again on the other audio...
Also, in Music Player, hit menu and hit "To Bluetooth".
Seems like every car make may be different. My Genesis Coupe works like a champ (streaming, play/pause, prev track, next track). Only thing I wish it had was track info, but oh well.
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Seems like every car make may be different. My Genesis Coupe works like a champ (streaming, play/pause, prev track, next track). Only thing I wish it had was track info, but oh well.
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Do you have steering wheel controls on your car for skipping tracks and volume? and the track buttons work for skipping songs on the Vibrant?
Also wanting to know if the connection is made using the car's BT functions or the Vibrant's BT functions.
Those of us w/o BT in our cars, any aftermarket solutions for us?
looks like this is our answer.
I have been planning to put a new stereo system into my wife's car for Christmas. I'm looking at some of the all-digital systems out there with A2DP, but I'm wondering whether Android is compatible with one of the versions of the AVRCP control standards? Preferably 1.4, which should be full control and full metadata.
We'd want to play both MP3 files stored on the phone as well as streaming audio from Pandora. We don't use CDs or even DVDs any more. Bluetooth phone call support would be nice, too, if anyone has any US-market head unit recommendations which they can confirm works with the Vibrant.
Just remembered to dig up this thread and reply to it.
I ended up getting her a no-moving-parts Clarion FZ709 head unit. She actually uses it with her iPod more than anything (which works great over USB), but I've tried it out with Pandora on my Vibrant over Bluetooth.
I was disappointed that there was no track information displayed, but skip forward/back works, as does pause/play. The audio was a bit muffled sounding but Pandora at cell data speeds isn't exactly hifi to start with. I forgot to put some MP3s on my phone so I haven't tried those yet (to see whether metadata works, I figure it might just be a Pandora issue).
What music player app do you use for bluetooth in your car?
I'm trying to find a player that will work with bluetooth in my car but every player I tried doesn't work in my car. No song info is shown and I can't change songs on the steering wheel, everytime I do it pauses and I can't get to play again through the car.
The stock player does all that but it doesn't have a good eq like poweramp or the fading options like that.
I've tried playerpro, rocket music player, jetaudio, and n7player but none of them work with bluetooth
N7 works over Bluetooth for me. Same with Google Play and numerous streamers like Pandora and Songza to name a few.
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I have never had this problem ever, on several devices and cd players. But, my habitual usage includes Google play music app. It works well enough for me, and is fast on hsdpa or better.
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Any player should work over BT. Once your connection is up, just navigate to the player and you should be good to go. Since BT is just providing the A2DP connection, the player doesn't care where the music is being sent to. It just plays it to the audio out source. I think your problem is your headunit, but can't be 100% sure. My players (all of them, both streaming and non-streaming) work on any BT car I've connected too. Some cars won't display the album cover art and so forth, but the music comes across just fine.
Well any music app will play music, but I can't seem to change the song from my headunit, it has to be changed from the phone. Changing songs from the car will pause it everytime.
I would like this feature to work with my car on an app like poweramp
For me, All the controls work from steering wheel for every music player I used (from stock to ASOP) May be it depends on car stereo too.
I upgraded my phone to the stock Android Lollipop build using Samsung Kies. I previously had my phone rooted. Everything works great with my phone under the new OS, except for something that I use very frequently - playing my music from my phone in my car over bluetooth. This is a feature I use daily, and now it has been crippled.
When I play music on my phone, connected to my aftermarket car stereo via bluetooth, the song information no longer shows up on my car stereo. Also, when trying to use my controls (face of the head unit, or the steering wheel controls), it does nothing (skipping tracks, etc.).
I am using the stock music player. Any help would be great, or even knowing that this problem exists outside of my phone would also make me feel better.
Having similar issues.
Audio controls work, but track data isn't working. Only samsung/google player are working properly with metadata.
Spotify, Pandora, and Soundcloud are not transfering audio track names at all.
Same here, I have a Kenwood DDX-418 and I can change tracks with the on screen buttons but do not get display. Maybe pull old kit Kat stock player and push to lollipop
S5 with Gear S attached
Hi,
Bit of a strange problem here - I upgraded to Marshmallow yesterday (using the voda rom) and then did a full factory reset (inc data), and everything has gone well so far as the upgrade. Set up as a brand new phone and started installing apps.
When i try and play audio over bluetooth to my car though, I can only make it work using the built in/stock Samsung music player. Aside from the fact this app is terrible, this means that I can't listen to podcasts (via Pocket Cast, or Pocket Bean) or play anything with Poweramp/amazon.
The Samsung player however works fine - when my phone connects to the car it starts playing the Samsung themetune (default track loaded on to the phone) and I can skip through to any other local media. I've done a bit of testing...
If I have the Samsung player playing, and then press play in pocket casts - it will pause the Samsung player, but I get no sound at all. If I then press play again on the Samsung player, it will pause pocket cast, play about 2 seconds of the podcast over bluetooth, and then immediately switches back to the Samsung themetune.
I've tried Pocket Cast, PowerAmp, Pocket Bean and the "Big finish audio player" and they all have the same issue. It's driving me mad - in the meantime I have resorted to downloading the MP3 versions of the podcasts so I can listen to them on the way to work, but its far from ideal.
Any ideas? This all worked fine in lollipop. Considering trying to downgrade as a result
I use Bluetooth headphones and PowerAmp exclusively, so this would definitely stop me upgrading to MM.
Can anyone else confirm?
To add a bit of further information (and maybe reassurance CitizenLee) - This only appears to be an issue with in-car bluetooth (tested with the Jaguar InControl system I have, and also a colleagues BMW IDrive). When I test with his Plantronics BackBeats, or my AV Receiver's bluetooth it seems to work fine.
I wonder if its related to the specific bluetooth profile being used, not really sure. Worth noting that I also have an Android wear device connected but I have tested with/without my watch and get the same issue.