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Spotify for Apple Watch is still basically a remote for Spotify on iOS, presumably due to some contracts between Spotify and Samsung. So although Spotify could
by augstein 6y ago
Spotify for Apple Watch is still basically a remote for Spotify on iOS, presumably due to some contracts between Spotify and Samsung.
So although Spotify could technically implement a standalone Apple Watch App since at least WatchOS 6 (released over a year ago now), they haven’t, which means you always need to carry your Phone with you. Their support Forum is full of complaints about this, with no proper reaction or explanation from their side.
The Apple TV app also does not work properly, requiring to re-login often and can‘t be controlled properly by iPhone.
- criddell 6y agoOh okay. So iOS is mostly fine but WatchOS and tvOS have problems?
- lukeschlather 6y agoSpotify allows you to download music to Garmin watches. Maybe you're underestimating the difficulty of porting Spotify to Apple Watch?
- kristofferR 6y agoIf you're technically proficient you can just compile this [1] and run this [2] on GCE. I did it yesterday, works great! Offline downloading and playback of Spotify playlists on the Apple Watch, without being tethered to an iPhone. [1] https://github.com/rafaelmaeuer/open-apollo https://github.com/rafaelmaeuer/open-apollo [2] https://github.com/lgruen/open-apollo-server https://github.com/lgruen/open-apollo-server Spotify is BTW developing a proper watch app, it's in beta now: https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/17/spotify-finally-testing-apple-watch-streaming/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/17/spotify-finally-testing-apple...