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Mute apps to gear settings not working?

I have 4 apps set to NOT send notifications to Moto but they still come through. Rebooted phone and Moto but they still come through. Any suggestions?? There is an option for blocking the notifications in the android wear app but does not seem to be working.
The 4 are:
Google play music
You tube
Apollo music player
Pandora
I don't want to see them or control them as they block the image of home screen on the Moto. The only way to stop them is turning off bluetooth on the phone settings.
Ian B

[Q] How to control Google Play Music ?

Hello,
I am a newcomer in the world of smartwatches. So I've buyed a smartwatch 3 and I struggle to find how to control Play Music on my watch.
When I launch music on my phone, controls are not showing up on my watch. And on my watch when I go to Google Music I can just download musics but not play remotely. And I don't want to download musics because I have a lot of tracks on my phone and I cannot choose which one synchronise on my watch.
I forgot to mention that I'm running lollipop preview, I maybe it is because of that...

Flav106 said:
Hello,
I am a newcomer in the world of smartwatches. So I've buyed a smartwatch 3 and I struggle to find how to control Play Music on my watch.
When I launch music on my phone, controls are not showing up on my watch. And on my watch when I go to Google Music I can just download musics but not play remotely. And I don't want to download musics because I have a lot of tracks on my phone and I cannot choose which one synchronise on my watch.
I forgot to mention that I'm running lollipop preview, I maybe it is because of that...
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Hello,
When you have a track playing on the phone tap the watch face then scroll up from the bottom the track will be displayed then scroll from right to left then the volume controls and track skip will be on the watch screen.

Thanks but it's not working. Maybe due to the lollipop preview version on my phone...

Flav106 said:
Thanks but it's not working. Maybe due to the lollipop preview version on my phone...
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I'm having the same problem on lollipop with two different installs of KNX01V. Playback fro the watch works great, but when music is playing on the phone, no card shows up on the watch. As soon as the phone is paused (with the phone notification still present), the card shows up on the watch. If I then hit play on either the watch or the phone, the card on the watch disappears. Going to try a new build of lollipop soon.
Play Music v5.7.1717Q.1530520

^^ same for me on nexus 5 eev purview

Can someone one kitkat check this?

Flav106 said:
Hello,
I am a newcomer in the world of smartwatches. So I've buyed a smartwatch 3 and I struggle to find how to control Play Music on my watch.
When I launch music on my phone, controls are not showing up on my watch. And on my watch when I go to Google Music I can just download musics but not play remotely. And I don't want to download musics because I have a lot of tracks on my phone and I cannot choose which one synchronise on my watch.
I forgot to mention that I'm running lollipop preview, I maybe it is because of that...
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I am running Lollipop too. Music cards don't seem to show when music playback is triggered from the phone. However I do get the name of the current track playing if I tap the screen and navigate back to the watch face, but it disappears (so the phone is sending the information).
As far as I can tell Android Wear currently only supports Google Play Music in the following ways....
Open The Play Music app, this plays back music synced to the watch. This is a bit crap because there is no real control over what is synced, this does result in cards being shown.
Say "OK Google Play Music", this launches Play Music on the phone and plays back tracks at random. This also results in the cards being shown.
It seems Play Music is still a bit raw on Android Wear at the moment, hopefully Google will add the ability to sync specific playlists or albums just to the watch rather than randomly selecting from those that have been synced to the phone.

Bojanglez said:
I am running Lollipop too. Music cards don't seem to show when music playback is triggered from the phone. However I do get the name of the current track playing if I tap the screen and navigate back to the watch face, but it disappears (so the phone is sending the information).
As far as I can tell Android Wear currently only supports Google Play Music in the following ways....
Open The Play Music app, this plays back music synced to the watch. This is a bit crap because there is no real control over what is synced, this does result in cards being shown.
Say "OK Google Play Music", this launches Play Music on the phone and plays back tracks at random. This also results in the cards being shown.
It seems Play Music is still a bit raw on Android Wear at the moment, hopefully Google will add the ability to sync specific playlists or albums just to the watch rather than randomly selecting from those that have been synced to the phone.
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That's indeed the behavior I can observe on my watch.
I hope you're right and Google will allow to select tracks to synchronize in a future update because actually this is unusable for me as I have tons of GB stored on my phone.

The thing is android wear shows cards/notifications that are not ongoing on the phone, when you pause music - notification is not ongoing and wear shows it

I finally works well with official Lollipop and last version of Android Wear : http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-wear/

Flav106 said:
I finally works well with official Lollipop and last version of Android Wear : http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-wear/
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Yeah, this version seems to work perfectly now. This will be great for skipping tracks whilst driving.

Google Play 'on watch' shows 'watch is disconnected' but it *is* connected

I have a Moto360 that until last week, played music on the watch via Google Play. However, about a week ago, playing music on the watch failed (error below) and the storage appeared to be clear
THE ERROR: When I choose Google Play music and 'Play on watch', a green circle spins a while, then watch displays a message "Phone is disconnected. Reconnect to download tracks."
This while the watch shows 'Connected' in the Android Wear watch app on the phone, there is no little 'cloud' symbol on the watch face and *all other watch functions operate perfectly.* For instance I can control music and my podcast app on my phone form the watch, it can send SMS messages etc.
I have done a factory re-set on the watch and no change.
Storage shows 2.5 GB clear. Yes, I have downloaded songs on my phone (it worked for quite a while after all).
Anyone come across this message before?
Watch Software: Android wear v. 1.3.0.2166028 and Android version 5.1.1
HTC One M9 Android 5.1 - up to date on AT&T

I am also having this exact issue.
I've tried rolling back the music app, toggling the wear settings inside of the music app, hard resetting the watch.
LG G4
Moto 360

Same issue. Seems to occurred when Google Play and Play Services updated last month. Note: Both have had several updates do not know which one screwed it up on my watch.

same here - very frustrating!

Can't remove SONOS app from showing on watch

I have a Sonos music system, and have the Sonos app on my phone. I've blocked it in the Android Wear watch from sending notifications to the watch. It still pops up all the time, showing control buttons with SONOS in the background.
I went into Android Wear/settings/ Watch Storage to look for the app since I was going to try and remove it with ADB. But after scrutinizing the list carefully, it doesn't show as an installed app.
So if it's not installed on the watch, and I'm blocking it with Android Wear, why does it keep popping up>

Thinking about getting a Galaxy Watch today. I have a few questions.

So I'm thinking about picking up a galaxy watch today. I have been a long time wear os user. My current watch is the Ticwatch E.
Im a guy with smaller wrists, the ticwatch e 43mm case fits me pretty well so I was thinking about getting the 42mm galaxy watch, but the larger battery is in the 46mm is really appealing. For anyone who has seen them side by side in person, does the 46mm look that much larger?
How is Bixby on the watch for doing basic things like setting timers and sending texts? I have seen the reviews where it is bad at some more advanced tasks but I just use my Google assistant for basic things.
I also use Google play music, I know there is no stand alone app for the watch but is there at least a basic play/pause, next track option on the watch when playing something through play music?

I can answer the first point.
My wrists are 5.9 inches around, but when I tried the 46mm it looked absolutely fine to me, so that's what I have ordered.
The 42mm didn't seem that much smaller, but the screen was notable smaller.
Try it in a store, to know how you think it looks on your wrist.

There is play, pause and next and previous track options with name of song and album artwork on the music app. I use the widget to easily skip a track. Its not bad. The only downside compared to wear os is that you cant use google play music as a standalone app to play music without your phone.

brownpm85 said:
So I'm thinking about picking up a galaxy watch today. I have been a long time wear os user. My current watch is the Ticwatch E.
Im a guy with smaller wrists, the ticwatch e 43mm case fits me pretty well so I was thinking about getting the 42mm galaxy watch, but the larger battery is in the 46mm is really appealing. For anyone who has seen them side by side in person, does the 46mm look that much larger?
How is Bixby on the watch for doing basic things like setting timers and sending texts? I have seen the reviews where it is bad at some more advanced tasks but I just use my Google assistant for basic things.
I also use Google play music, I know there is no stand alone app for the watch but is there at least a basic play/pause, next track option on the watch when playing something through play music?
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I can say that the watch is not a huge difference from any 42mm watches, but it will look big if the 43mm watch was already a perfect or a large fit on you. I don't think bixby on the watch is anything you could use. I've tried it several times and it appears to do the bare minimum of tasks. Like how you'd ask S Voice back in the day. It can set reminders, send texts and make calls and alarms, but it can struggle sometimes and hang for some time. However, I don't think you'll need any assisstant as the rotating dial and the smooth experience can help you accomplish tasks fast enough.
As for the music, you have spotify to install as a standalone app or as a remote for your phone. The Music app on the watch is set to work as a remote with play / pause, volume up / down and skip tracks forward or backward. You can also send tracks to your watch and use the watch alone with the onboard storage with a bluetooth headset or from the watch speakers. I mainly use it as a remote for the large amount of music on my phone, but you could probably fit some music on the watch.
The verdict is: if you're looking for a smartwatch that looks cool and elegant and has good functionality, the Galaxy watch is for you. If you're the kond of person who wants the watch for apps and all that stuff, you will find some on this watch, but it's not as versatile as Wear OS. I personally like Tizen and the look of the watch plus the battery life.
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Oh, and the watch has Uber (for me with a galaxy phone) if you want to catch a ride. I used to call ubers with google assisstant as my previous watch didn't have uber. It doesn't have Google maps (or pay extra for a third party app), but you can download Here maps (or Here WeGo as it's named) and it's really nice with offline maps on the watch.