Is there a way to control music player on the phone while any sport activity is active?
You cannot acees to the notificiations with music controls when sport is active, you can use Watchdroid with "running when unlocked" option checked, but Watchdroid usually stops sport activity. In sport activity you can acces to the rightmost screen where is internal player but for this kind of listening you need BT headset.. Any idea? I am using Pace mostly for tracking my runs..
priprema said:
Is there a way to control music player on the phone while any sport activity is active?
You cannot acees to the notificiations with music controls when sport is active, you can use Watchdroid with "running when unlocked" option checked, but Watchdroid usually stops sport activity. In sport activity you can acces to the rightmost screen where is internal player but for this kind of listening you need BT headset.. Any idea? I am using Pace mostly for tracking my runs..
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I'm having the same problem. Did you figure out a way to control music player? An older version of OS, it was possible to control musics while in activity, after the new updates, this control is gone.
Latest International firmware for Stratos (I think Chinese too, but no one uses it outside China as it doesn't support other languages), which is 2.3.8.0 as of now, as well as latest Chinese firmware for Pace (2.6.5.0 as of now) brought back music control as the far right screen when recording activities. It should come back to Pace INTL version soon. In the mean time, you can either use headphones that support A2DP protocol or use a floating music player (not the best solution, just a workaround).
has anyone figured this out yet? my old watch was a gear 2 neo running android wear and the screen could be set to default to the music controls when the phone was bluetoothing music to anything. This seems like such a no brainer functionality to have, its absurd that tizen (samsung) hasnt figured it out yet that when people are listening to music, that theyd want the option to have the screen default to this
This feature was added in the latest Pace update!
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So I have endomondo pro. I use it regularly with htc music. Whenever i get a notification for something outside of those two apps, I lose the lockscreen music widget or endomondo force closes. I use blue tooth headphones and they won't change the song from the headphone controls if the lock screen widget is gone.
What fitness apps do you guys use with any music app? Also anyone got advice on how to get my current setup to work? Thanks appreciate it
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So I have endomondo pro. I use it regularly with htc music. Whenever i get a notification for something outside of those two apps, I lose the lockscreen music widget or endomondo force closes. I use blue tooth headphones and they won't change the song from the headphone controls if the lock screen widget is gone.
What fitness apps do you guys use with any music app? Also anyone got advice on how to get my current setup to work? Thanks appreciate it
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I've used Jefit Pro for years for tracking workout information. I also have Endomondo to track trails when mountain biking and have had the same issue with headset controls not changing the songs but that was only when I had any type of 3rd party equalizer installed. I regularly used both with the stock HTC player and PowerAmp. You might be able to switch to No Lock Screen when working out to fix your issue.
Hi all
I have been seeing updates for cor band but the feature that i always wanted and simple one is music control by band. In today's release they have even released an update with alipay integration, which only china users can use. Does anyone here know how to control music with cor band.
PS: i saw the workaround way from these notify and tools apps provide. What I want is specific buttons to click for pause and next song
Hi folks,
I've just started using Stratos with stock fw 2.3.0.8 and noticed a strange thing. I start playing music via my BT headphones directly from the watch (i.e. no smartphone used) and everything works fine. Then I launch the RUN option to start which switched to the excercise screen and starts tracking the pace, HR etc. but it STOPS the music. I didn't find a way how to restart or control the music from the RUN screen. Not sure if this is a bug, or I just haven't found the right procedure to do so.
SO - how do you listen to music and have the run tracked at the same time??
Many thanks,
loni
By doing exactly what you did, but you control the music while in the activity with the headphones buttons (it needs to be A2DP compatible, so probably it has more than 1 button for play/pause, next/prev music and volume). Other than this, you can use third party apps to go back to main screen and then go the music widget, but it's not advised and it may cause problems with the activity tracking.
Same problem here. My first training went smooth, i've played music, then start RUN and go - awesome.
2 days later i did exactly same thing - music, run, go - music stopped.
I'm using Huawei AM61 with VOL UP, VOL DOWN, FUNCTION buttons. How i can resume music once activity tracking starts? How to minimize to "desktop" after activity start? BT music was the main reason i've bought this watch - so i can leave my phone at home.
sthEn said:
Same problem here. My first training went smooth, i've played music, then start RUN and go - awesome.
2 days later i did exactly same thing - music, run, go - music stopped.
I'm using Huawei AM61 with VOL UP, VOL DOWN, FUNCTION buttons. How i can resume music once activity tracking starts? How to minimize to "desktop" after activity start? BT music was the main reason i've bought this watch - so i can leave my phone at home.
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If the music paused then it should come back after you use the headphone's Play button. If it doesn't, probably either the headphones disconnected or media player crashed. Music control went back to Stratos in CN dev builds, so it may come back to all devices soon (Stratos and Pace). In the meantime, you can use this floating bar to control music even when recording an activity:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thsoft.shortcut
You can also try this other music player that works as the builtin but offers playlist support:
https://github.com/lfom/Amazfit-Music-Player/releases/latest
This used to happen to me. Changing the songs to lower bitrate and putting fewer songs on the watch fixed it. Also sometimes i needed to let it 'rest' after putting new songs on it.
Yeah, i deleted 2 big files (meaning that one mp3 is over 1 hour long), leaving normal ~3-5 minutes mp3's, and it seems to be working fine again. Probably media player was crashing.
Hi, i would like to ask if anyone that has the verge watch, is there an option or the ability to control Spotify from the watch, like change track etc. ?
As i'm interested to get it but i can't find anywhere if the watch has this option !
Thanks !
enable music control in the amazfit app, and the watch will control the last music app used on your phone.
Hello everyone,
I'm going to buy Verge but I have some doubts. I hope you will help me:
1. I know that in lite version You can't control music during active training. But what about "not lite" Verge version? Am I able swtich between training and music control? Or at first turn on music (mp3 on watch itself) and then start training?
2. Am I able to control Spotify app on smartphone?
Best regards,
Lukasz
1. Only if you use AV2P Bluetooth headphones, as latest Chinese firmware for Verge, there is no music control during activities like the one available for Pace/Stratos;
2. Yes, if you enable Music control in Amazfit Watch app and you keep the phone with you and connected to the watch, of course. But, again, you cannot control music this way during sports activities.
Verge isn't the best option for sports:
1. Battery life is shorter if compared to Pace/Stratos mainly due to AMOLED display, what also makes it harder to read outdoors during the day unless you use maximum brightness;
2. It is all plastic and IP68 (although I doubt it due to the openings for both mic and speaker);
3. Custom straps are hard to find because it does not use an standard format, although they have the quick-release mechanism.
Thx for reply.
Yes but I can play music before trening start, and this is OK for me (I got Verge since friday). I made 2 trainings and for now only drawback is brightness, it could be better. But I run at evening mostly.
I found some offers for straps on Ali, and I am wating for delivery.
Generaly I am realy happy. Verge is not perfect but if You consider price/value ratio it is best choise im my opinion.
What the heck, Huami? And I thought I was doing something wrong or overlooking something. Why would you not make music controllable on the Verge during an activity when it is possible on Stratos / Pace?? That's frustrating.
I got weird interrupts when playing music over BT while running with GPS on and using Polar BT HR band. Every 20 to 60 seconds the music has little pauses. This happens with MPow DS6 headphones. Has anyone else this?