Hi
I use my Pebble Steel along with Music Boss daily to control media on my phone. Spotify, Retune to control itunes on my mac, playing and pausing apps like Netflix on my Chromecast. Can the Gear S2 compete with this kind of functionality?
Thanks.
Anyone? This is not the type of thing I want to find out after I buy the watch.
I would also like to know this. I however, have already purchased the watch and will receive it Monday or Tuesday. I will test it out then and let you know.
I would like to know, when the screen turns off while listening to music, and I wake the watch to change the volume or pause the music, is the music controller still there or will the watch face be the first screen I see. I don't want to have to find the music controller again just to pause the music.
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I do know for a fact (because I tried it) that Music Boss is on Android Wear and works very well. I didn't like the like the battery life of my Moto 360 2nd gen, so I took it back.
lyall29 said:
I would also like to know this. I however, have already purchased the watch and will receive it Monday or Tuesday. I will test it out then and let you know.
I would like to know, when the screen turns off while listening to music, and I wake the watch to change the volume or pause the music, is the music controller still there or will the watch face be the first screen I see. I don't want to have to find the music controller again just to pause the music.
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The watchface comes up. In my personal opinion, this is how it should be -- it is, after all first and foremost a watch.
However, the UI makes it really simple to get to the music player "widget' with a single swipe to the left (or one click turning the bezel). So it comes down to the inconvenience of a finger-swipe after turning your wrist to look at the watch. For me, it's an utterly trivial extra step.
As for controls, pretty much standard bluetooth AVCRP control profile.
I went ahead and bought it today. Everything I have tried so far has worked flawlessly with the exceptions of Netflix.
Haze19 said:
I went ahead and bought it today. Everything I have tried so far has worked flawlessly with the exceptions of Netflix.
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I think you'll be happy, with the exception of the two biggest complaints: S-Voice, and app availability.
However, I have a lot of confidence Samsung is going to improve S-Voice with updates. The app situation, we'll just have to see. I can say that there are some cool apps showing up that are truly making the watch more useful to me -- the recent HUE lighting control app being one -- so I'm getting more optimistic. However...
WHOAH! What Netflix?!?!?!?? DO TELL!!
I used my gear s2 to control my music on my LG G4 CM13.
Used BlackPlayer and Phonograph which worked great with the watch.
But suddenly I can't control my music anymore. No track skipping, no volume control, nothing.
It just show the tracks stored on the watch itself and want to connect to a bluetooth headset if I try to play any.
Have any of you the same problem? Maybe a solution?
I don't know if it's the last firmware update's fault or CM13 (I use nightlies and update nearly every week)
saschb2b said:
I used my gear s2 to control my music on my LG G4 CM13.
Used BlackPlayer and Phonograph which worked great with the watch.
But suddenly I can't control my music anymore. No track skipping, no volume control, nothing.
It just show the tracks stored on the watch itself and want to connect to a bluetooth headset if I try to play any.
Have any of you the same problem? Maybe a solution?
I don't know if it's the last firmware update's fault or CM13 (I use nightlies and update nearly every week)
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Open the music player app on the watch, then tap the three vertical dots on the right hand side of the circular screen. This should bring up a menu. Choose the watch icon and then it will allow you to change between playing music from your phone, or from the gear itself (it appears the latter is currently set up on your device).
phoenixsilver said:
Open the music player app on the watch, then tap the three vertical dots on the right hand side of the circular screen. This should bring up a menu. Choose the watch icon and then it will allow you to change between playing music from your phone, or from the gear itself (it appears the latter is currently set up on your device).
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You are a lifesaver and I am an idiot. Thank you very much!
I've recently bought a galaxy s6. It is with 6.0.1 france official rom installed. Today i wanted to test the quality of the earphones and face this weird problem. When i plug in the headset, there is sound and it is working. But my phone seems like it doesn't recognize when i plug in the headset. So the headset icon is missing and there is no options about the applications you can control like youtube, google music etc. on the notification bar. Is there anybody who experienced such problem or any suggestions if i can fix this?
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I've recently bought a galaxy s6. It is with 6.0.1 france official rom installed. Today i wanted to test the quality of the earphones and face this weird problem. When i plug in the headset, there is sound and it is working. But my phone seems like it doesn't recognize when i plug in the headset. So the headset icon is missing and there is no options about the applications you can control like youtube, google music etc. on the notification bar. Is there anybody who experienced such problem or any suggestions if i can fix this?
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any suggestions?
It's not a problem, there is no such feature in S6 sadly.
sieerra said:
It's not a problem, there is no such feature in S6 sadly.
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Today i've made a search on web, i am not sure but i think this feaure is disabled in the marshmallow update. can anyone confirm this?
headset icon no longer shows up for me. It's not just you, they must have removed it.
Same issue with my Marshmallow Note 4!
Same problem kitkat 4.4.4 core prime something gone wrong
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Some minutes after manually starting a workout the Gear S3 acoustically announces the "heart rate", the "calories burned", etc.
Where do I disable these announcements to make my watch remain quiet even during workout?
many thanks, Felix
fxrb said:
Some minutes after manually starting a workout the Gear S3 acoustically announces the "heart rate", the "calories burned", etc.
Where do I disable these announcements to make my watch remain quiet even during workout?
many thanks, Felix
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SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None
10urshin said:
SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None
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Thank you! I must have missed this somhow .
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SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None
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Oh man, I've been looking for that setting for so long!
Thanks!
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Where?
I can't seem to find this exact settings, I keep turning more off and it continues to announce. Is that on the watch?
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I can't seem to find this exact settings, I keep turning more off and it continues to announce. Is that on the watch?
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It is on the watch, as state in post #2.
Is there any way of making it louder? I want to hear the information but it comes out really quietly compared to my music and I can't catch what she's saying.
Tmel14 said:
Is there any way of making it louder? I want to hear the information but it comes out really quietly compared to my music and I can't catch what she's saying.
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that voice is really loud i hate it lol. try changing your watch volume. easiest way i know to do thar is if you have the music wiget on which source to gear mode instead of phone to control media and change the volume to the desire level
There is no --- SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None --- on the watch. There used to be. But the isn'tany more. Does anyone know of another way to disable this voice.
No More Annoying 5 minute voice interruptions to my workout
On my gear fit pro 2,my Activity Type that I use at the gym is Other Workout. But every 5 minutes of my workout, my Bluetooth music is interrupted by that annoying voice.
To Fix it....
Go to Workout>activity type>other workout>guide intervals>none
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There is no --- SHealth -> Workout -> Guide at intervals -> None --- on the watch. There used to be. But the isn'tany more. Does anyone know of another way to disable this voice.
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You now need to go to the actual exercise. So say click on "other workout" if that's where you're getting your notifications from, and then scroll down to "guide frequency" prior to actually starting the workout. Click "none".
I just got the Samsung Watch today and tested the workout widget. I was annoyed by the voice too and just figured out that you have to turn off "rep counter" for each workout. So, it turns off the voice completely.
Glad I found this post, here is my situation with s health.
I use the watch alone to run, at first was great with the s health voice, every km a message saying my speed and HR and just half my goal a remind of it.
I use it Spotify premium to download my playlist and run without the phone and with the s healt voice the music stops/pause and after the message of s health the music used to resume, BUT last week just after reach half (and the respective message) of my goal the music doesnt resume, it is weird because seems that everything is connected and working, but no sound at all, not even from the internal speaker, the only solution is to restart the phone and is annoying because I have to stop to do it. Does anybody face the same issue? any solution?
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You now need to go to the actual exercise. So say click on "other workout" if that's where you're getting your notifications from, and then scroll down to "guide frequency" prior to actually starting the workout. Click "none".
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That worked for me! Thanks very much!
About "guide frequency" and other Gear S3 issues...
I have been dealing with these "audio guides" since I got my Gear S3. I wanted to disable them so the music I listen while workout is not interrupted. The above procedure is correct: setting guide frequency = none does work, BUT that setting is not remembered (at least in my Gear S3 Frontier), so the next time you go for a workout (and forget to set guides frequency to "none"), there you have again the watch talking and interrupting your music.
However, due to the S3 battery drainage issue (I have it too), as described in this article:
https://www.sammobile.com/2018/10/23/gear-sport-gear-s3-battery-fix
I have tried to install that Gear S plugin version 2.2.03.18101561. It did NOT fix the battery drain issue, but made the "guide frequency" remembered as a setting (good!). But this plugin came with yet another bug: when you go for a run using Location services along with your phone (so the GPS information is taken from the phone), Samsung Health + Gear S Plugin does not work: only can register location from the watch´s built-in GPS.
So I went back to my standard Gear S Plugin Version 2.2.03.18083051, and I have to remember to set guide frequency to none every time.
Samsung needs some software debugging on the Gear S3 !
juliospinoza said:
Glad I found this post, here is my situation with s health.
I use the watch alone to run, at first was great with the s health voice, every km a message saying my speed and HR and just half my goal a remind of it.
I use it Spotify premium to download my playlist and run without the phone and with the s healt voice the music stops/pause and after the message of s health the music used to resume, BUT last week just after reach half (and the respective message) of my goal the music doesnt resume, it is weird because seems that everything is connected and working, but no sound at all, not even from the internal speaker, the only solution is to restart the phone and is annoying because I have to stop to do it. Does anybody face the same issue? any solution?
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Good day... by any chance have you found a solution to this problem? I have been using my Galaxy Watch with Spotify since I purchased the watch back in September, but as of the latest update I am experiencing the same issue of my music not resuming after a running audio cue. I either have to turn off notifications to hear my music for my entire run, or I get to listen to music for about four and a half minutes when my 1st km notification occurs.
Thanks
EbertsR said:
Good day... by any chance have you found a solution to this problem? I have been using my Galaxy Watch with Spotify since I purchased the watch back in September, but as of the latest update I am experiencing the same issue of my music not resuming after a running audio cue. I either have to turn off notifications to hear my music for my entire run, or I get to listen to music for about four and a half minutes when my 1st km notification occurs.
Thanks
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I have the very same issue. Although I find I can manually kick of the music via Spotify again on the watch with some perseverance. Complete pain in the back side when you are jogging though! If you find / have found a solution, please share. Thanks.
On my watch, the audio guide, which I have set to give me info every 1 km, doesn't 'dip' the sound while I'm listening to any music or other audio like it used to. If I have no music going at all, and only my bluetooth headphones on, it works normally. THe other thing is, if I am running without the watch connected to my bluetooth headphones, it works fine through the watch's speaker. THis watch is so full of bugs. I'm seriously thinking of moving on to a Fitbit Ionic or something.
After three hours:
Problem solved!
On you watch
Go to Apps
Go to S Health
You see the heart, then
Scroll down running man figure - it says “record your workout. Click on it.
Click on bubble with “work out”
There is a list now of all work out types
Click on the relevant settings cog
In the list select guide frequency
Click **** off you *****! NONE!!!!!
LOL, good to know! Cheers