Streaming?

[cmb713]

I was thinking about picking up this watch and wondering if you can stream music and/or podcasts from Google Play Music from the watch only? I like running with just the watch and was hoping this had that functionality. My Gear S2 can stream spotify with a subscription but the battery died super fast and it always over heats.

 

[mdw1995]

I believe it will be possible once the update to AW 2.0 is completed. That should happen sometime in the next few weeks. I haven't tried the developer preview for 2.0 to see if it's possible now.

 

[cmb713]

Okay, I'll keep checking in to see the latest developments. Thanks for responding quickly!

 

[scaots]

You're going to have the same battery drain on this watch doing streaming that keeps the radio active. Best option is to cache a couple of playlists in Google Play Music and use those and that works now before getting 2.0.

 

[The Bogeyman]

I've been using Wear File Transfer to copy podcasts over wi-fi to the Music folder on the watch, then the WearMedia player can find it and play it on the watch. The only issue I have with that is that the player is pretty rudimentary - only supports previous/next track (i.e. I can't skip ahead or back within an episode).

 

[Jaycemiskel]

Once the Play Music app is updated you'll be able to, no telling when that'll be though. Not possible yet, I use the developer preview.

 

[miroul]

I use it now with Google Play latest update on my Urbane 2 running AW 2.0 dp4

 

[Jaycemiskel]

That's pretty sweet. I'll have ti update my app