[Q] Google Play autostart BT - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone,
I have a question, but first let me explain what it is that it happening.
I like to listen to music in the car. Phone auto connects to the BT stereo. I use Spotify to listen to music which is my preferred app. But android also opens google play music app as well and if the google app has things in queue, it will play over my spotify. How can i make it so that it doesn't auto start Google Play Music, but starts ONLY spotify.
Note* if i have the Google Play Music listening queue, it will play spotify first but it will still open the app but with nothing playing. I want to stop the app from opening all together but still have the spotify app opening by itself.
I guess Tasker can do this but I would like to avoid using it if don't have to.
Thanks!

Can someone move this to the Q&A section instead of General?

domino256 said:
Can someone move this to the Q&A section instead of General?
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In future, you need to use the "report post" feature to report the thread to be moved for you, the mods don't search threads looking for comments asking them to do stuff. I'll report this one for you.
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domino256 said:
Hey everyone,
I have a question, but first let me explain what it is that it happening.
I like to listen to music in the car. Phone auto connects to the BT stereo. I use Spotify to listen to music which is my preferred app. But android also opens google play music app as well and if the google app has things in queue, it will play over my spotify. How can i make it so that it doesn't auto start Google Play Music, but starts ONLY spotify.
Note* if i have the Google Play Music listening queue, it will play spotify first but it will still open the app but with nothing playing. I want to stop the app from opening all together but still have the spotify app opening by itself.
I guess Tasker can do this but I would like to avoid using it if don't have to.
Thanks!
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This app lets you choose which player to start when connected to BT: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cp2.start.and.play.music.player&hl=en
Of course then that's just another app you have lying around, and if you already have Tasker...

cymbaline24, the app works great, Thanks! it does what i want and that's not opening googleplay.

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Play Google Music When Connected to Bluetooth

When I connect my phone to my cars Bluetooth it automatically starts playing music from Samsungs Music app. The issue is I have Google All Access so none of my music is in that app. Is there a way to have Google Music play by default when connected instead of Samsungs Music app? I checked to see if Samsungs app was set as a default but it wasn't and I can't find any auto play options, I also can't just disable the music app. Oddly enough sometimes it will open Google music and other times it will open Samsung Music even if the last time I was in the car I used Google Music.
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In the app section of your main phone settings can you pick the Samsung music app and disable it?
jkcarp94 said:
In the app section of your main phone settings can you pick the Samsung music app and disable it?
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Unfortunately not, it's grayed out for me.
If you use a file manager app and try to play an MP3 or other type of music file, it should ask you which player to open it with. Choose Google Play Music and tap 'Always'. Then it should open GPM when you connect to your Bluetooth device.
If not, there are apps on the Play Store that will automatically launch the music app of your choice when it detects that you have connected to a specific Bluetooth device. I can't recall any specific app names at the moment, sorry.
Another option is to root and disable the Samsung music app with Titanium Backup.
Sevael said:
If you use a file manager app and try to play an MP3 or other type of music file, it should ask you which player to open it with. Choose Google Play Music and tap 'Always'. Then it should open GPM when you connect to your Bluetooth device.
If not, there are apps on the Play Store that will automatically launch the music app of your choice when it detects that you have connected to a specific Bluetooth device. I can't recall any specific app names at the moment, sorry.
Another option is to root and disable the Samsung music app with Titanium Backup.
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Thanks, I'll give those options a shot.
Try this?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cp2.start.and.play.music.player&hl=en

google play music

Can anyone tell me if the gear s3 is able to stream Google play music? Or is compatible with the Google play music app??
I think it should be working on any default music player on device, as mine can control the spotify without any problems
I can control the music from my phone while it's playing music via Google play but I don't think it can stream directly to the watch. I was glad it's able to do that at the least. You can play, pause, and skip songs, view the song list, and even control the volume.
Spotify will be released mid December for our watches
Outbreak444 said:
I can control the music from my phone while it's playing music via Google play but I don't think it can stream directly to the watch. I was glad it's able to do that at the least. You can play, pause, and skip songs, view the song list, and even control the volume.
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Okay, thank you!
rkingsparx81 said:
Spotify will be released mid December for our watches
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I have a personal beef with Spotify. (Somebody hacked my account. They can restore playlists, but not my "Liked or Added" music. Apparently those aren't playlists. Long story short I lost about a year and a half of collected music. So yeah....
Anybody know if there is word or intent to bring GPM to the S3? It's nice to at least be able to control the music with our watch when it's playing from the phone, but, would be REALLY nice if I could just leave the phone at home and stream GPM while out and about. Kind of why I got the LTE variant in the first place.
Furthermore, does anybody know if spotify and potentially GPM, will use up the data allotment or will that also fall under tmobiles free music streaming thing?
Naturesretard said:
I have a personal beef with Spotify. (Somebody hacked my account. They can restore playlists, but not my "Liked or Added" music. Apparently those aren't playlists. Long story short I lost about a year and a half of collected music. So yeah....
Anybody know if there is word or intent to bring GPM to the S3? It's nice to at least be able to control the music with our watch when it's playing from the phone, but, would be REALLY nice if I could just leave the phone at home and stream GPM while out and about. Kind of why I got the LTE variant in the first place.
Furthermore, does anybody know if spotify and potentially GPM, will use up the data allotment or will that also fall under tmobiles free music streaming thing?
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I would love to know the same, I just got the subscription for Google play music and don't want to be tied down to just Spotify.
And with the data, my plan on T-Mobile is unlimited everything, for just $5 more than the 500mb plan. I'm not savvy on their plan details as I have only been a customer since Wednesday.
I can control Play Music from my watch with the music playing through my phone speaker. I haven't tried using the watch speaker.
Same issur: would like to take my gpm playlist standalone on the s3 for workout amd peave the phone at home. Until now not possible. Except maybe by physically downloading the playlust to sd card of the phone (i think there are apps for this) and then transfer to s3 via gear companion app... Complicated.
Come on guys - its never going to happen. This isn't like iOS where there's a huge market lead. And without an api there's no way for someone else to code it as well.
kenkiller said:
Come on guys - its never going to happen. This isn't like iOS where there's a huge market lead. And without an api there's no way for someone else to code it as well.
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THere is an API that at least someone knows, you can download any song in your library (even subscription songs) using an app on the play store called Cloud Music Importer. If you can view your library, and download the songs, its got an api.
Outbreak444 said:
I can control the music from my phone while it's playing music via Google play but I don't think it can stream directly to the watch. I was glad it's able to do that at the least. You can play, pause, and skip songs, view the song list, and even control the volume.
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Can you select a playlist from your watch? I like this feature on my Android wear device and it would be nice if the Gear also can do that.
nik_rex said:
Can you select a playlist from your watch? I like this feature on my Android wear device and it would be nice if the Gear also can do that.
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Here's a screenshot of what it can do. The phone looking icon changes audio source from phone to watch, and the open app option allows​ you to see the list of songs in your current playlist. I don't see any option for selecting the playlist though, its always showed me the last song that I've streamed.
Outbreak444 said:
Here's a screenshot of what it can do. The phone looking icon changes audio source from phone to watch, and the open app option allows​ you to see the list of songs in your current playlist. I don't see any option for selecting the playlist though, its always showed me the last song that I've streamed.
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Okay thank you
Download the app Music Mate to your phone. It lets you get the songs off of Google music as standard MP3 files. You can then Port them to your phone.
Music Mate is free for a few songs and then there's a fairly low purchase price for unlimited downloads.
Yes Gear S3 Streams Google play Music
YES -- absolutely -- by default
Is there a way to save downloaded music from Google Play Music to the Gear S3?
Save only phone
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sapien.android.musicmate
Thx me later
vijay.alapati said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sapien.android.musicmate
Thx me later
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How do you then get the music onto the watch?
My GWA2 only has an option to 'automatically sync' in the Gear app. The problem with this is it brings over all the voice messages from my Telegram group chats, and also the tracks I use to sleep to (10 hours of white noise) which basically fills the watch up immediately.

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