Finally a way to track steps with any android wear watch and have it automatically log into My Fitness Pal!
Follow the directions below originally taken from this link: http://steamoctane.com/2015/01/use-android-wear-smart-watch-myfitnesspal-calorie-counting/
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Intro
Android Wear is becoming one of the most popular wearable’s out in the market right now, and what some people miss about these devices is that they can double as a fitness band and step counter and some even have heart rate monitoring capabilities. Now you wont get much out of this detail with Google Fit until the app is more robust, so in this guide we are going to recommend another app to help with your fitness goals; MyFitnessPal…
MyFitnessPal
MyFitnessPal is in our opinion the most robust app in the app market for loosing weight. This app is cross compatible to almost every mobile OS, it is 100% FREE, comes with a stellar food database, and is loaded with features. We recommend you try it, or chances are you are already using it. Sign up for free at http://www.myfitnesspal.com, and download the app from your respective marketplace.
Android Wear
The following tutorial is for android wear smart watches. If you are in the market for one, we recommend the below as they have all the features required, and are the bests one on the market now.
What you need (Hardware)
You will need the following equipment to complete this guide.
Android Smart Watch
Android Smart Phone running 4.4+
Software you need
Up by Jawbone (not Up24)
MyFitnessPal
Instructions
If you haven’t already download the Up from Jawbone app from google play, while your there you might as well download MyFitnessPal if you don’t already have it.
Open the Up app and signup with Jawbone then sign in if needed.
Tap the menu button in the top left corner (The three lines). Then tap settings and finally tap Application Preferences.
Make sure phone motion sensor is turned on.
Go home and tap the watch icon on the top right. Your watch should be connected to the app, if not check that your smartwatch is paired with your phone, turned on and is in range, then restart the app.
Go to the MyFitnessPal app.
Click the menu button, scroll down and tap settings. Then Click Steps.
Tap add a device then choose Jawbone UP.
Click Connect, then sign in if it asks and click allow.
Your done!
Now your smartwatch will report steps to the UP app, which in turn will send the data to MyFitnessPal and log your calories burned.
Keep in mind it may take 24 hours for your steps to start showing up in the myfitnesspal app after performing the above steps.
How do you connect your moto 360 with up app? For me only my phone is displayed on the upper right but not my moto 360?
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Thanks, I was able to use your steps to connect my 360 to LoseIt as well.
Thank you. I was looking for a way to circumvent the fact that Google Fit doesn't communicate its information out to any 3rd party apps which would then tie into MyFitnessPal. This worked great. Seavers11, I had the same issue initially but after the setup I exited the UP application, came back in and the watch icon had replaced the phone icon in the upper corner.
seavers11 said:
How do you connect your moto 360 with up app? For me only my phone is displayed on the upper right but not my moto 360?
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The thing is you have to wait for the up app to install on your watch. hit the resync apps button in the wear app and you should be good to go!
Polycron said:
Thank you. I was looking for a way to circumvent the fact that Google Fit doesn't communicate its information out to any 3rd party apps which would then tie into MyFitnessPal. This worked great. Seavers11, I had the same issue initially but after the setup I exited the UP application, came back in and the watch icon had replaced the phone icon in the upper corner.
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You are welcome dude!
Another way is to use withings. Connect it to your google fit and my fitness pal accounts and it will sync your steps from google fit through to my fitness pal.
What I've found is that it only appears to sync steps around an hour after you have took your watch off. Maybe its waiting until you appear to have stopped for the day?
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Thanks for this. It does take a while for myfitnesspal to update with the steps.
diggedy said:
Another way is to use withings. Connect it to your google fit and my fitness pal accounts and it will sync your steps from google fit through to my fitness pal.
What I've found is that it only appears to sync steps around an hour after you have took your watch off. Maybe its waiting until you appear to have stopped for the day?
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Are you referring to the Health Mate app they offer?
saryon1 said:
Are you referring to the Health Mate app they offer?
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saryon1 said:
Are you referring to the Health Mate app they offer?
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Yes he is but I find the up app is more accurate when used with my fitness pal
I have been using it and it works pretty good. Battery life on both watch and phone are unaffected
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Thanks for this it help a lot
Major find here.... THANK YOU!!!!
just followed your instructions and got everything setup
guess i'll have to wait a day or two to see my data in the respective apps
it's too bad Google Fit doesn't track all this by itself... i assume it did before i purchased the watch
Got everything setup thanks
Thanks so much I need this, for do all the use for my M360
Thanks for the info. I tried to use it for several months but the calorie adjustments were way out of wack. I got tired of inaccurate information syncing with myfitnesspal and inability to sync running data without it double reporting. I am trying this new app now called FatSecret and syncing my walking & running data with Google Fit. Time will tell if this is a better combination...
Thanks.. works great.
I use an app called cinch... It syncs your steps and also records your heart rate at set internal from your watch to Google fit.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryansteckler.perfectcinch
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I gave in and just bought a Fitbit Charge. Jawbone UP shows me with 30% more steps, and there doesn't appear to be any way of correcting that.
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I installed Google Fit on my Zenwatch and went aboard for a week and left my Zenwatch home. I noticed after I came back that there are data for that week on my handphone!
Is it normal? Where did the data come from? are they correct?
p.s. the Zenwatch was power off during that week.
Kermit33 said:
I installed Google Fit on my Zenwatch and went aboard for a week and left my Zenwatch home. I noticed after I came back that there are data for that week on my handphone!
Is it normal? Where did the data come from? are they correct?
p.s. the Zenwatch was power off during that week.
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Fit will also gather data from your phone. If you were using it, that's where the data is from.
CSX321 said:
Fit will also gather data from your phone. If you were using it, that's where the data is from.
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You mean my phone can track my steps, etc. even I am not wearing my watch? I doubt it.
Kermit33 said:
You mean my phone can track my steps, etc. even I am not wearing my watch? I doubt it.
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Yes, it uses the sensors in the phone. It was available for the phone quite a while before the first Wear devices were available.
CSX321 said:
Yes, it uses the sensors in the phone. It was available for the phone quite a while before the first Wear devices were available.
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Thanks for your reply but I notice Wellness doesn't keep track during that week!
Kermit33 said:
Thanks for your reply but I notice Wellness doesn't keep track during that week!
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Wellness is an Asus app. Earlier you said you used Google Fit. Google Fit can use the sensors in the phone.
CSX321 said:
Wellness is an Asus app. Earlier you said you used Google Fit. Google Fit can use the sensors in the phone.
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I use both.
The Wellness app for the smartphone is, as said above, an Asus app. It does NOT count steps on the phone, but only syncs with the watch and therefore only shows you the steps that the watch measured.
Google Fit on the other hand was primarily designed for phones and uses its sensors to gather steps and other stuff. In addition, Google Fit can also gather the data from Wear Smartwatches (and other 3rd party wearable devices). In the Android Wear app on your phone you should find a setting where you can configure which app should be used on the watch for steps and heart rate. If you select "Wellness" there, Google Fit will not receive any data from the watch, only the Wellness app will. If you select "Google Fit", it's vice versa.
Usually it makes more sense to use Google Fit, because when you do, your steps will be counted if you have EITHER your watch OR your phone with you. And Google Fit is smart enough to not double-count the steps if you carry both. With Wellness on the other hand, you have to wear the watch in order to count your steps.
BigBlue007 said:
The Wellness app for the smartphone is, as said above, an Asus app. It does NOT count steps on the phone, but only syncs with the watch and therefore only shows you the steps that the watch measured.
Google Fit on the other hand was primarily designed for phones and uses its sensors to gather steps and other stuff. In addition, Google Fit can also gather the data from Wear Smartwatches (and other 3rd party wearable devices). In the Android Wear app on your phone you should find a setting where you can configure which app should be used on the watch for steps and heart rate. If you select "Wellness" there, Google Fit will not receive any data from the watch, only the Wellness app will. If you select "Google Fit", it's vice versa.
Usually it makes more sense to use Google Fit, because when you do, your steps will be counted if you have EITHER your watch OR your phone with you. And Google Fit is smart enough to not double-count the steps if you carry both. With Wellness on the other hand, you have to wear the watch in order to count your steps.
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Thanks for your information.
The Fit app on my watch starts malfunctioning this week, whenever I try getting my heart rate, it shows the rate the moment I put my fingers on the watch! I keep trying and even restart the watch but the problem still exists.
What should I do?
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Hi all,
I couldn't find a similar topic in the SW3 forum, so apologies if this is a duplicate. I'm finding my SW 3 (running 5.1.1) will not count my steps on its own, only when I have my phone with me. I only got the watch a couple weeks ago, so not sure if it is a problem with the 5.1.1 update. As far as I understand, the watch should be able to count the steps on its own and then sync with my phone later...is this not correct? I know it has GPS to track runs with Endomondo, but I thought it had its own pedometer as well.
If this is indeed supposed to work, any ideas to fix it?
Welcome to the nightmare that is google fit. It's just awful and broken. Sync always screws up between the watch and the phone. It really is a joke. I honestly don't understand how google can allow something like this to happen. I use the jawbone up app, only version 4.4 because the latest update broke android wear compatibility. Works perfectly. I'll just wait till google get their act together. Hopefully it'll be soon.
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Sync doesnt work properly with messages either if you dismiss it on the watch it still shows on the phone and tablet.
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Oh, darn. I really wanted this watch for the fitness features. Bummer that one doesn't work.
edit: So I'm doing some testing and I suppose it really is Fit not syncing. Present my watch indicator for steps (Pujie Black, that is supposed to be connected to Fit) says 2282. Google Fit (app on watch and phone) says 2223. I just left my phone and walked around the office a bit. Indicator didn't change from 2282, but when I opened the Fit app on my watch I saw it quickly change from 2223 to 2249 and then back to 2223. Phone also says 2223. That is incredibly frustrating.
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permissions off?
try going into the settings and then permissions, i found that in the permissions menu google fit did not have permission to access the sensors, this could possibly be the problem
Hi there,
I bought Sony Smartwarch 3 primarily for tracking my jogging while listening to music, because at my new job I can't upload music to the phone or install any apps and I don't have 'private' phone (I've Xperia Z4 Tablet, which is too big to run with).
While the experience of running without phone is great, the standalone Endomondo app usually fails to upload my training to the servers. I've set my Endomondo to use watch's GPS so I just go outside - without the phone - and start tracing the run as soon as GPS finds the fix. After I'm back the watch connects to the tablet, but nothing happens. Out of maybe 6 runs just one uploaded correctly and I have no idea what I'd done differently. Is there a particular order of actions I should follow for this to work? Should I run Endomondo on both the tablet and watch before starting the run, so that they somehow "know" that I expect them to connect afterwards? Are there any other equivalent apps that are more consistent and reliable? I hear good things about Ghostracer but it looks very amateurish
Thanks in advance for any tips!
I tried Ghostracer yesterday and I'm sticking to that - despite hideous talet UI it at least communicates to the user what's going it, i.e. it tells you it will end the recording and save the data and then actually uploads them to the app on the tablet, from where I can export it to file & import to Endomondo. Quite a roundabout way to get there, but at least it seems bulletproof.
Same thing is happening to me, I am desperate. Don't know what else to do. I have already did a factory reset to the watch and the phone, same thing happens.
I sent an email to endomondo support but they haven't answered yet.
I don't want to use another app, because I've been using endomondo for several years already and I really like it.
Any clues?
lcompare said:
Same thing is happening to me, I am desperate. Don't know what else to do. I have already did a factory reset to the watch and the phone, same thing happens.
I sent an email to endomondo support but they haven't answered yet.
I don't want to use another app, because I've been using endomondo for several years already and I really like it.
Any clues?
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Well, there's this site: https://tapiriik.com/ which lets you sync your trainings between various services (e.g. Endomondo, RunTastic, Strava),so what I did I copied my trainings from Endomondo to Strava and connected the Ghostracer app to Strava so it uploads automatically.
Alternatively, if you really don't want to leave Endomondo, you can simply run with Ghostracer and - from the phone/tablet app - export the .gpx or .tpx files and import them to Endomondo (via their web-page, I don't think it's possible via app) which works very good. Also, you can use Ghostracer, have it upload your training automatically to Strava or Runkeeper and then use the website I mentioned above to sync that (automatically, if you're willing to donate few $ to its creator) with Endomondo.
Probably not the answers you were looking for, but hope that helps
I don't think Endomondo will care enough for standalone GPS watches to fix this, which is a shame but that how it works.
hey antic604, thank you so much. I have tried tapiriik, it works great!
I have just received a reply from endomondo, at least they accept there is an issue, I am going to ask for an ETA now.
Endo Fernanda (Endomondo)
Aug 10, 14:05 CEST
Hi,
Thanks for contacting Endomondo Support.
We appreciate your feedback. We are aware of this issue and our developers are currently looking into it.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Regards,
Fernanda
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I'll use your solution meanwhile.
Thank you!
lcompare said:
hey antic604, thank you so much. I have tried tapiriik, it works great!
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I'm happy I could help
Also, it turns out Tapiriik has an app in Google Play Store, which should make the process even easier
I'm afraid the reply from Endomondo is a template, generic answer to any complaint they get, so I wouldn't keep my hopes up. Would be glad if they fixed it, though
Please post in this thread if you get more info from them.
Totally Offtopic, so sorry at first!
But how did you get endomondo installed on SWR50?
Following the guide on endomondo homepage i get stucked on "live manager" which is named different now ...
Any actual tutorial somewhere?
THX!
kosemuckel said:
Totally Offtopic, so sorry at first!
But how did you get endomondo installed on SWR50?
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There's no separate installation happening on the watch itself - you just install the app on your phone / tablet and it should appear on the watch as well (if it's synced with your primary device).
First i could not see it in mini-launcher. Now I fond it in stock and after endomondo download it showed up in mini as well. Thanks!
kosemuckel said:
First i could not see it in mini-launcher. Now I fond it in stock and after endomondo download it showed up in mini as well. Thanks!
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Great I've yet to check that mini-lanucher myself.
Hi, I'm quite new to the watch but I would like to know how to show the HRM results on the phone.
If somebody could write down step by step how to set everything (apps permissions) to get this work I would be really grateful.
I have downloaded and using Huawei Wear and Google Fit and both should be capable showing the HR but even that I have several records on the watch none of them synced to neither of the apps.
Thank you!
use the app heart trace to monitor our heart rate x times per hour. It will transfer to google fitness
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malnabokor said:
Hi, I'm quite new to the watch but I would like to know how to show the HRM results on the phone.
If somebody could write down step by step how to set everything (apps permissions) to get this work I would be really grateful.
I have downloaded and using Huawei Wear and Google Fit and both should be capable showing the HR but even that I have several records on the watch none of them synced to neither of the apps.
Thank you!
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Heart Rate OS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...pp-heart-rate-os-android-wear-google-t3031964
AutoWear and Tasker
I installed the Huawei Wear app on the phone. The steps and workouts show current and historic values but the heart rate does not. How do I get it to work?
Got the watch to replace my LG watch sport. Love wear os, hate all hardware it comes in. I honestly don't really like tizen but I literally cannot find any other watch that will last more than 10 hours and has Lte, so galaxy watch it is.
One of the biggest problems so far is streaming. I don't get it. Wear os has all sorts of options for this, google play music, pandora, last fm... I was doing great with pandora premium and youtube premium (with google play music included). But now that im on the galaxy watch they're doesn't seem to be a way to stream without the phone nearby. No pandora app at all, obviously no Google play music app since Google is a bratty teenager these days, the only 2 things that seem to be available are tidal (lol not on a million years) and spotify.
So I download the spotify app for the watch... Wait no I didn't, it doesn't exist on the store despite multiple advertisements I watched making a point of it. Looking into the forums turns out Samsung has since hidden the spotify app god knows why. So after a few days of complaining online I find a direct link to the galaxy store spotify page. Great! Now I installed it. And open it up... Can't connect to phone, please open spotify app on phone... It says this as I'm staring at my phone automatically open spotify... Ok, close the watch app, open it again now that the app is already open on the phone. Can't connect to phone please open the spotify app... Weird, manage to dismiss the warning. I'm presented with 3 options, steam on wifi, stream on lte, and remote. Knowing the first two require spotify premium I try the last option. Nothing, literally nothing, it's like the button isn't even there, no haptic feedback, no warnings, nothing.
Ok, remote isn't why I wanted a watch anyway, my end goal is to run with JUST my watch. So since I'm financially well enough I decide to get premium to use the other options. So I upgraded to premium spotify, made sure it was premium on the phone by playing specific songs, and im good to go right? Wrong! Even though I reinstalled the watch spotify app, remote doesn't change its behavior. So I try wifi, it asks for user and password. I painfully enter it with the flip phone style keyboard aaaaand? Failed to log in, try multiple times very carefully to no avail. Same story on lte button. At this point I'm so mad streaming music is the main reason I want an lte compatible watch!
So... Am I doing something wrong? Is spotify to blame? Or samsung? Still have a few weeks before my return window expires, any help or info would be greatly appreciated.
I'm on a note 9 for the phone
My spotify is through a Facebook account
I have cell service on the watch from tmo
You need to use the Spotify ID to connect, not the Facebook login, it wasn't working for me. Just go to Spotify settings on a browser and set up a device password to make it work.
Today, Spotify has been upgraded to the watch (not a little trouble). For the time being, it looks like all the functions are working again. Check out the Galaxy Store.:good:
Seems to be working only on Samsung phones though. I don't see the Spotify app in the Galaxy store (Belgium / Pixel 3 XL). Just got the watch yesterday, loving the hardware, software not so much at this point...
Do you happen to still have the direct link?
VenQWish said:
Do you happen to still have the direct link?
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http://apps.samsung.com/gear/appDetail.as?appId=com.spotify.w-spotify
It won't even let me download the app.
Nope, me neither. Seems they don't really support the combination Galaxy Wear + Non Galaxy phone... What a disappointment this is.
It could be a store location or a watch region issue, you could ask samsung support to see why and if it's a store location use a vpn and try to download it or if it's the watch change the region if it's a big deal for you.
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It could be a store location or a watch region issue, you could ask samsung support to see why and if it's a store location use a vpn and try to download it or if it's the watch change the region if it's a big deal for you.
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How can I change the ragion of my device? I really don't care having it to Italy as it is, I just want to use spotify on it since I have a premium account. Thanks in advance
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How can I change the ragion of my device? I really don't care having it to Italy as it is, I just want to use spotify on it since I have a premium account. Thanks in advance
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It's an issue with Samsung and Spotify, I've been talking to Samsung UK and Spotify cares and they advised it's a known issue and they are working to fix it. I'm in the same position as you guys
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How can I change the ragion of my device? I really don't care having it to Italy as it is, I just want to use spotify on it since I have a premium account. Thanks in advance
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Yes you can change the region of the watch but you should know that doing so it will only allow Samsung Pay cards of that country and for some it's a must have.
Before you do anything you should check what region you want to add and find the code for it, because the region names are just 3 letter codes and it's hard to know what is going on when selecting the code(there are a lot of them) and you don't want to spend hours guessing to change it to a new one. And before you change the region write down the one your watch came with so you can go back if you need it or want it later down the line.
The first step is to download SDBstarterKidv1.zip from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74585286&postcount=330
Then you follow the steps in here(it says gear sport but it works fine on galaxy watch).
Also when it says "debugging mode on" you need to select it on the watch and restart it so it works.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sm...nging-region-samsung-gear-sport-r600-t3771324
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It's an issue with Samsung and Spotify, I've been talking to Samsung UK and Spotify cares and they advised it's a known issue and they are working to fix it. I'm in the same position as you guys
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Did they tell you about an eta for the fix? Will the app be discoverable on the galaxy store?
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and.u said:
Did they tell you about an eta for the fix? Will the app be discoverable on the galaxy store?
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They didn't give an ETA but when it's fixed they said it will be back on the galaxy app store.
In the meantime you can use the stock music player on the watch to control Spotify from the phone, and also just about any music app on phone.
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They didn't give an ETA but when it's fixed they said it will be back on the galaxy app store.
In the meantime you can use the stock music player on the watch to control Spotify from the phone, and also just about any music app on phone.
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Yup I know. I’m using this actually but hope the Spotify fix will come shortly. By the way, are you using the watch with a BT headphones? Because some times when I ho running with my AirPods it happens that one pod disconnects itself for awhile and then reconnect automatically. Is it just me?
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Yup I know. I’m using this actually but hope the Spotify fix will come shortly. By the way, are you using the watch with a BT headphones? Because some times when I ho running with my AirPods it happens that one pod disconnects itself for awhile and then reconnect automatically. Is it just me?
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I don't use Bluetooth headphones so I can't help you with that unfortunately, I use wired earphones
and.u said:
Yup I know. I’m using this actually but hope the Spotify fix will come shortly. By the way, are you using the watch with a BT headphones? Because some times when I ho running with my AirPods it happens that one pod disconnects itself for awhile and then reconnect automatically. Is it just me?
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Just today I ran with my Bose Soundsport and everything worked fine.
Yuzain said:
Just today I ran with my Bose Soundsport and everything worked fine.
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My AirPods today too. Yesterday was too windy, probably that was the issue
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Has anyone noticed the battery consumption of Spotify on the Galaxy Watch SM-R815F?
I went for a 30 min run today. I played music with Spotify offline. Battery dropped from 93% to 70% during the run. According to the battery monitor Spotify accounted for 17% of those 23% (the rest was screen, S Health and Strava).
17% battery consumption for 30 min of music seems quite high to me? Or is that normal?
I haven't tested the normal music app to compare. I assume bluetooth takes some battery but still.