I have the Gear and SN3. I want to be jogging and advance the next Pandora song from the Gear if possible...
I downloaded Media Remote
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appshroom.mediaremote
But this just does as the media controller on the device and does not advance Pandora...
Anyone able to do this?
parcou said:
I have the Gear and SN3. I want to be jogging and advance the next Pandora song from the Gear if possible...
I downloaded Media Remote
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appshroom.mediaremote
But this just does as the media controller on the device and does not advance Pandora...
Anyone able to do this?
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I have not tried it with Pandora, but when I play Google Play Music on my Note 3 and use Media Controller on my Gear it allows me to skip tracks. Also I used Media Controller with Doggcatcher on my Note 3. The trick for me was to load those up on the phone first and then Media Controller seems to use whatever the active app is. Not sure if it would work with Pandora but I'm guessing it would be the same.
I just tried the Pandora app with the Media controller and it works just fine.
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ArborRes said:
I just tried the Pandora app with the Media controller and it works just fine.
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Well I did but accidentally and dont know the combination yet how I did it. So if I have Pandora open and then open MC on Gear when I hit forward it opens my default app "Player Pro" and pauses Pandora...
Somehow I end up with PlayPro showing paused in notification area and now Pandora advances... How dont know how I got there...
Just realized that with stock music controls that works for play music, doesn't work for Pandora. I can pause music but not change songs. Anyone know of a app that will allow this?
Edit: I'm actually thinking I can't change songs because I'm out of skips. Hopefully that's all it is.
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Hey guys,
I am having some issues with getting my music on to my watch. I uploaded my private music to Google play music on my computer and then I installed Google play music on my phone. There I can listen to my private music without a hitch, so it all basically works.
Now when I tick the option to store it on my watch for offline playback, nothing happens... It won't start syncing, no matter what I do =/
Will it only sync music that I actually bought through the play store?
Or has anyone else gotten it to work so far?
Thanks in advance!
Cheers
Michael
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I'm not sure if it is relevant but are you a play music subscriber, i.e paying the £7 or whatever the price is?
I got my watch today and had no problem getting the music to download.
With the option selected, go back to your library and click on the download button again, that might work?
Best of luck and merry Christmas
Yeah I am a subscriber.
I downloaded a playlist from google play music and it synchronized with my watch right away. Just the Musik I uploaded from my pc won't sync.
Could it be because it's missing IDE3 Tags? Or because the names are wrong or so?
Edit:
OK, problem solved! Probably a rather stupid mistake I made, but I bet there are others out there as clueless as me... So here's the solution: The music from the Google play music app is ONLY synced to the Android wear watch, once it is downloaded onto the phone as an offline playlist. It makes perfect sense, of course, but I didn't quite get it in the beginning... So what I did, was create a playlist with my private music and checked the "download to device" button. Once the download was done, it automatically sent it to my LG watch.
Thanks for the reply anyway and a merry Christmas to you too!
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Everytime i use a voice command to play a song, Google play music is always the default app, even when im already in another music player such as Spotify.
Is there any way to use voice commands for other apps? (non-Google)
You have to specify the name of the app if you want something other than Google music. So say "play x song by y artist on Spotify"
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Can you request personally created playlists? Due to the 6 click restriction, I can't access around 75% of my music I need those playlists!
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You have to specify the name of the app if you want something other than Google music. So say "play x song by y artist on Spotify"
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Thanks, ill try it out next time in the car.
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Can you request personally created playlists? Due to the 6 click restriction, I can't access around 75% of my music I need those playlists!
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Yes, i've done it a few times. I have a custom playlist on my Google Music called "retro synth mix" and I just tell it to "Play retro synth mix". This probably requires you to name the playlist in a unique way like i did so it doesn't mix up with any existing song/artist or pregenerated playlists.
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Yes, i've done it a few times. I have a custom playlist on my Google Music called "retro synth mix" and I just tell it to "Play retro synth mix". This probably requires you to name the playlist in a unique way like i did so it doesn't mix up with any existing song/artist or pregenerated playlists.
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I've had problems with playlists myself. I have several playlists by artist name where I just dump all their songs in there so I don't have to scroll through every artist in my library to find them.
I don't think Google recognizes the phrase "playlist" because if I say "play playlist x" and x happens to be the name of an artist, it will start playing that artist.
Usually that wouldn't necessarily be an issue since it will play what was in the playlist anyway, but in some cases, the artist changed band names but I still put all of their songs under that artist name. So the songs under the other band name don't get played in that case.
I changed the name of that one playlist to something unique and it played it just fine the next time. Doing that to over 80 playlists though will get annoying.
I also have my playlists songs sorted by album or year and if you say "play artist" I think it just starts playing songs in alphabetical order.
Google has some work to do with their media player if they want people to use it exclusively. Right now, it's pretty bare bones and frustrating to use.
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Everytime i use a voice command to play a song, Google play music is always the default app, even when im already in another music player such as Spotify.
Is there any way to use voice commands for other apps? (non-Google)
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Hi,
Who knows how to use voice commands with TuneIn Radio? And how to select between one "media" App (Google Music) and another (TuneIn Radio)?
Thank you!
Google voice should understand the term "PlayList" so "Play PlayList Home" is different then "Play Home" (Home being the name of a song)
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Thanks, ill try it out next time in the car.
Yes, i've done it a few times. I have a custom playlist on my Google Music called "retro synth mix" and I just tell it to "Play retro synth mix". This probably requires you to name the playlist in a unique way like i did so it doesn't mix up with any existing song/artist or pregenerated playlists.
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jonboyuk said:
Can you request personally created playlists? Due to the 6 click restriction, I can't access around 75% of my music I need those playlists!
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help me. i have the same problem!
gbrasil said:
help me. i have the same problem!
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I think all you need to do is say "play x" and if x is the name of a playlist, it will play it. Keep in mind that x has to be a unique name and can't contain any special characters.
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Keep in mind that x has to be a unique name and can't contain any special characters.
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That could be funny
ireknole said:
You have to specify the name of the app if you want something other than Google music. So say "play x song by y artist on Spotify"
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Yes, there is a Tasker plugin by @joaoapps called AutoSpotify
http://joaoapps.com/
Maybe I'm being stupid but I don't see AutoSpotify anywhere?
zzEvilGeniuszz said:
Yes, there is a Tasker plugin by @joaoapps called AutoSpotify
http://joaoapps.com/
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ireknole said:
I think all you need to do is say "play x" and if x is the name of a playlist, it will play it. Keep in mind that x has to be a unique name and can't contain any special characters.
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Nice idea - but I've tried it so many times and it doesn't work. Just a simple one of "play christmas".
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Maybe I'm being stupid but I don't see AutoSpotify anywhere?
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It's in beta. You have to join the developers Google + community and then request to become a tester,
https://plus.google.com/communities/110193399489813640793
AutoSpotify is one of the AutoTools apps. There are several.
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Nice idea - but I've tried it so many times and it doesn't work. Just a simple one of "play christmas".
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I should have mentioned that the playlist voice search only seems to work in Google music. I have a playlist called "Christmas" and it will play it when I ask.
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It's important that your app is designed to recognize Google voice commands. Many are not. Pulsar Music Player recognizes OK Google commands, so:
"OK Google"
"open Pulsar"
After the app opens, OK Google listens for other commands.
"play [song] on Pulsar"
Mentioning the artist isn't necessary but mentioning the app is. Unfortunately, Play was the only command OK Google obeyed for Pulsar. No Stop, Pause, etc.
mkygod said:
Everytime i use a voice command to play a song, Google play music is always the default app, even when im already in another music player such as Spotify.
Is there any way to use voice commands for other apps? (non-Google)
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The "OK Google" syntax for 3rd party music player voice commands is:
“Listen to [song] on [music player app]”
or
“Play [song] on [music player app]”
In practice I've found the “Listen to” command to have a higher accuracy rate.
mel2000 said:
The "OK Google" syntax for 3rd party music player voice commands is:
“Listen to [song] on [music player app]”
or
“Play [song] on [music player app]”
In practice I've found the “Listen to” command to have a higher accuracy rate.
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Man, I REALLY wish this were true, but it's just not. I've tried everything and clearly I'm doing something wrong. If I go into Android Auto OR use the "Hey Google" moniker to summon the assistant, and then say, "Listen to playlist newly added on shuttle music player" it returns with "I can't find newly added on shuttle music player on Spotify, but you can ask me to play it on one of your other apps."
Holy HELL that's annoying. She tells me she can play it on one of my other apps, but NOWHERE can I find info on how to make this happen.
In the Assistant app, I see under Music where I can select my default music service choices (YouTube Music, Google Play Music, Spotify and "No default provider"), and by default it was set to Spotify. I've since tried "No default provider" with the same results. I do not see anywhere that you can specifically select which music player application you'd like the voice to respond to. Does anyone have any insight into what I'm doing wrong??
Any help is MUCH appreciated. I'm usually driving out in the country with sporadic service or have already hit my throttle limit and trying to play all my local media instead of streaming everything.
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I've tried everything and clearly I'm doing something wrong.
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The "OK Google" commands won't work unless the app specifically supports integration with Google Assistant commands. Most music apps are currently not compatible with voice commands.
I’m new to the google home deal but I have purchased 6 minis to cover most of the house. My question is can I control pandora from my phone vs using voice controls to do everything. Would just prefer skipping tracks or changing stations visually if possible. Any insight would be great. Thank you.
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When you open Pandora (Connected to WiFI), there should be a cast icon for you to connect to your Google Home.
MrGrim said:
When you open Pandora (Connected to WiFI), there should be a cast icon for you to connect to your Google Home.
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You did it my friend. Thank you.
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anthony.laizure. said:
You did it my friend. Thank you.
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Anytime!
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Anytime!
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Now what about playing a pandora premium account playlist by voice command?
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anthony.laizure. said:
Now what about playing a pandora premium account playlist by voice command?
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This was taken straight from the Google Home support site HERE
1. Play personalized radio from Pandora say: "Play my shuffle", "Play my shuffle radio"
2. Play personalized radio based on songs you've thumbed on Pandora say: "Play my Thumbprint radio"
Note: To play your thumbprint radio, you must have saved several stations and thumbed up several songs in order for Pandora to understand what you like.
3. Play playlist say: "Play classic country", "Play <Pandora station name>"
4. Like/Dislike a song from Pandora say: "Thumbs up", "Thumbs down", "I like this song"
MrGrim said:
This was taken straight from the Google Home support site HERE
1. Play personalized radio from Pandora say: "Play my shuffle", "Play my shuffle radio"
2. Play personalized radio based on songs you've thumbed on Pandora say: "Play my Thumbprint radio"
Note: To play your thumbprint radio, you must have saved several stations and thumbed up several songs in order for Pandora to understand what you like.
3. Play playlist say: "Play classic country", "Play <Pandora station name>"
4. Like/Dislike a song from Pandora say: "Thumbs up", "Thumbs down", "I like this song"
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Unfortunately that doesn’t work. No matter what I say or name the playlist it will not do it unless I start it from the phone. Which I’m fine with that but if I walk out of my WiFi zone it changes.
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anthony.laizure. said:
Unfortunately that doesn’t work. No matter what I say or name the playlist it will not do it unless I start it from the phone. Which I’m fine with that but if I walk out of my WiFi zone it changes.
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Are you from the United States? I'm reading on the support site that it's US Only. If you are then I'm not sure. I use Spotify and it works flawlessly.
Yes in the US. I’m not sure I’ve tried every combo of words I can think of that would trigger it with no luck.
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