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Average podcast is over 30 minutes, right? That means you would need to pull out your phone every 30 minutes to select the next podcast. Is that a big deal to y

Average podcast is over 30 minutes, right? That means you would need to pull out your phone every 30 minutes to select the next podcast. Is that a big deal to you?

sneak 9y ago
Where we’re going, we don’t need phones.
captain_crabs 9y ago
Depending on what you're doing, you might need to pause/play/rewind the podcast a lot. I walk to coffee shops through some neighborhood area, and then some busy roads. So I make sure to pause for traffic noises, often I've gotta do so to talk with neighbors, and then so on. I don't even have an apple watch, but not having to deal with pulling my phone out a good number of times per walk over a lot of walks means a lot less times I could potentially drop my phone.
- djrogers 9y ago
  > Depending on what you're doing, you might need to pause/play/rewind the podcast a lot. The existing 'now playing' capabilities of the watch handle this perfectly well. They don't handle selecting podcasts to play though.
jonknee 9y ago
The literal first sentence of the post: > The Apple Watch desperately needs standalone podcast playback, especially with the LTE-equipped Series 3, which was designed specifically for exercising without an iPhone. So yes, pulling out the phone that you don't have with you is a deal breaker.
- atomical 9y ago
  Do people really want to exercise without their phone? It seems like a non-starter for the folks that go to a gym. I run with a watch and Bragi Dash. The onboard storage of the Dash works fine for me, but most people end up using the bluetooth because they want their phone available for browsing the internet all the time anyway.
  - grzm 9y ago
    > Do people really want to exercise without their phone? Yes. If I'm exercising, I want to carry the absolute minimum. If I'm doing a lot of daily tasks, I want to carry the absolute minimum. If I can get by without something phone-sized in my pocket by wearing something watch-sized on my wrist, I'd prefer the former.
  - richman777 9y ago
    Running outside, I definitely don't want to carry my 7+. It's large and I have the watch.
  - jonknee 9y ago
    Yes, otherwise why would LTE be useful at all on the watch?
  - stdgy 9y ago
    Absolutely! I go on every run without my phone. I've managed to cheat the Apple Watch into letting me sneak podcasts on to it through iTunes, but it's a hack and it doesn't sync back to my podcasts on my phone/computer. Still, at least I'm able to go on runs with my music podcasts. Edit: Changed iWatch to Apple Watch.
  - jakobegger 9y ago
    Being able to go for a run without taking my giant phone with me would be the only reason that I would buy a watch in the first place. It looks like Apple Watch isn’t there yet. Maybe an Android watch is?
    - bpicolo 9y ago
      It's mostly there. Podcasts might have a UX issue, but works great for music on the go
    - drewg123 9y ago
      Nope. See my downvoted comment below, begging for somebody to make a podcast player for Android Wear. Google Play Music is (AFAIK) the only media player that works on AW. However, you're unable to sync podcasts to a watch, only music (even though podcasts via GPM work on the phone). So over the last 1.5 years with 2 AW watches (Moto360 sport, Polar M600) across 2 major Wear releases, I've had to listen to music on my runs, rather than the podcasts I'd have preferred. And I take my phone on walks / hikes to listen to podcasts, when I'd prefer to leave it home. If the apple watch supported podcasts, I'd probably switch.
k3liutZu 9y ago
I think the one's I'm listening to average to somewhere between 60 and 90 minutes. More agains the 90 min mark.

Average podcast is over 30 minutes, right? That means you would need to pull out your phone every 30 minutes to select the next podcast. Is that a big deal to you?

sneak 9y ago

Where we’re going, we don’t need phones.

captain_crabs 9y ago

Depending on what you're doing, you might need to pause/play/rewind the podcast a lot. I walk to coffee shops through some neighborhood area, and then some busy roads. So I make sure to pause for traffic noises, often I've gotta do so to talk with neighbors, and then so on. I don't even have an apple watch, but not having to deal with pulling my phone out a good number of times per walk over a lot of walks means a lot less times I could potentially drop my phone.

djrogers 9y ago
> Depending on what you're doing, you might need to pause/play/rewind the podcast a lot. The existing 'now playing' capabilities of the watch handle this perfectly well. They don't handle selecting podcasts to play though.

jonknee 9y ago

The literal first sentence of the post: > The Apple Watch desperately needs standalone podcast playback, especially with the LTE-equipped Series 3, which was designed specifically for exercising without an iPhone. So yes, pulling out the phone that you don't have with you is a deal breaker.

atomical 9y ago
Do people really want to exercise without their phone? It seems like a non-starter for the folks that go to a gym. I run with a watch and Bragi Dash. The onboard storage of the Dash works fine for me, but most people end up using the bluetooth because they want their phone available for browsing the internet all the time anyway.
- grzm 9y ago
  > Do people really want to exercise without their phone? Yes. If I'm exercising, I want to carry the absolute minimum. If I'm doing a lot of daily tasks, I want to carry the absolute minimum. If I can get by without something phone-sized in my pocket by wearing something watch-sized on my wrist, I'd prefer the former.
- richman777 9y ago
  Running outside, I definitely don't want to carry my 7+. It's large and I have the watch.
- jonknee 9y ago
  Yes, otherwise why would LTE be useful at all on the watch?
- stdgy 9y ago
  Absolutely! I go on every run without my phone. I've managed to cheat the Apple Watch into letting me sneak podcasts on to it through iTunes, but it's a hack and it doesn't sync back to my podcasts on my phone/computer. Still, at least I'm able to go on runs with my music podcasts. Edit: Changed iWatch to Apple Watch.
- jakobegger 9y ago
  Being able to go for a run without taking my giant phone with me would be the only reason that I would buy a watch in the first place. It looks like Apple Watch isn’t there yet. Maybe an Android watch is?
  - bpicolo 9y ago
    It's mostly there. Podcasts might have a UX issue, but works great for music on the go
  - drewg123 9y ago
    Nope. See my downvoted comment below, begging for somebody to make a podcast player for Android Wear. Google Play Music is (AFAIK) the only media player that works on AW. However, you're unable to sync podcasts to a watch, only music (even though podcasts via GPM work on the phone). So over the last 1.5 years with 2 AW watches (Moto360 sport, Polar M600) across 2 major Wear releases, I've had to listen to music on my runs, rather than the podcasts I'd have preferred. And I take my phone on walks / hikes to listen to podcasts, when I'd prefer to leave it home. If the apple watch supported podcasts, I'd probably switch.

k3liutZu 9y ago

I think the one's I'm listening to average to somewhere between 60 and 90 minutes. More agains the 90 min mark.