I'm switching to the Note 4 from the iPhone 6 plus and thinking about getting the Gear S because of the Nike Plus app. Are there any podcast apps for this watch? I'm trying to figure out which is the best watch to get with the Note that will also work standalone that will be able to play podcast subscriptions. I currently use the Downcast app for iOS.
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Just wondering -
Does google music have the proper PHONE interface or does it have the buggy tablet interface?
It had the tablet one on my international Note back in November so that's why I'm wondering. This is an app I use every day.
Hi all,
I wonder if anyone can offer any suggestions on this.
I have a Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) and a Galaxy S3
I play music with Google Play Music on my tab, and I want to be able to control it (change track, playlists, etc) from my phone.
Both Android, both Samsung, same application. Surely there must be something out there that can do this.
Essentially I want to use my phone as a remote control.
Ive looked, and I cant find anything, short of installing an ugly VNC connection on the tab.
If not, has anyone ever considered looking into it?
Thanks
Howie
I don't think Play Music supports remote device controlling yet, as far as I know. This would have to be built into the app in much the same way TV pairing is built into the Youtube app and not the device itself. Or so I think, but I could be wrong.
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there is a great remote app for grooveshark that does this. I have not found anything for play music yet.
I understand there is a music player. You can control the music from the music player on your phone or on your watch, but I use Spotify most of the time and don't actually have any music on the phone itself. Right now I have the Gear Live and it works great for media control. Anything that would pop up controls on my lock screen, for instance: I also get controls for video too like Netflix when I'm streaming to Chromecast. I've been unhappy with the very limited cards interface of Android Wear and was looking at the Gear S but I really need media controls.
Also will the Gear S only work with Samsung Messages? Can I use Samsung Messages on the watch while using something else on my phone? Right now I'm using the Google Messenger app they just released with the beautiful material design look.
I would love it to have basic Bluetooth music controls also which is a MUST. Very few ppl still use the stock music apps and not online services.
That way we can control other devices and stereos also.
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Hm. So the Media Controls app doesn't seem to have made it to the Gear S even though it is on the Gear 2 and all of the others. Not sure why it isn't there.
The Gear S will only work fully with Samsung's messaging app on the phone. Hangouts functionality beyond notifications is locked down to Android Wear and Android devices by Google.
So there is no Spotify control on gear s? ?
I control Spotify flawlessly from my gear s. It's a wonderful feature.
Actually there is one. Stock music player is the basic bluetooth media controller.. just click 3 dots on the bottom right of the widget. Then you have option to 1 control device and 2 control music on the gear. Choose control device. Now you can control the media with your gear s.
I call samsung as samsuck but its not that sucks to remove basic bluetooth media controller. Hope it helped =)
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sbrownla said:
The Gear S will only work fully with Samsung's messaging app on the phone. Hangouts functionality beyond notifications is locked down to Android Wear and Android devices by Google.
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Stock Gear S (EU version at least) fully work with Hangout. You can answer by canned answer or by Keyboard or by Voice Input You must install also the Wear app even if you have not a Wear Device, (answer API are in Wear app and not on phone app)
Otherwise there are app on store for extended notification wich works for Gear S with not last firmware (from specific operator).
The Gear Notification Extender app in the Play Store let's me use forward and backward and pause controls when I'm listening to Google Play Music from my phone.
Is there any android watch that can run Runtastic apk with gps and maps working without pairing with other device?
Your best bet for runtastic on Android would be the sony smartwatch3. It has gps, runs android, maybe runtastic will develop their ap to include gps.
I got the gear S because tizen is better than android, for now.
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Guys, any thoughts on this?
I have a S7 Edge running Android 7.0 and a HTC M9 running Android 7.0. Both have the same Google Assistant.
I created a couple of Apps using Tasker. Made the tasks and exported them using AppFactory. They are basically an app to open TuneIn Radio and click on a Radio Station. Apps are called TuneIn Classic Rock and TuneIn 5AA.
In Google Assistants I have set up shortcuts when you hear "play radio classic rock" then Google Assistant "Open TuneIn Classic Rock"
On the S7 Edge it works flawlessly. But every time i say the same thing on the HTC M9 it only ever brings up the web card with info about TuneIn Radio and Classic Rock. HTC M9 does open other apps for example if I say "Open Tasker" it will open the app Tasker. But for a number of apps including the ones i made it simply just pulls info from the web.
Any ideas/thoughts?