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Right, wearing an Apple Watch + AirPods is the modern iPod experience to me. I can leave my house without a smartphone and take a stroll or bike ride or skatebo
by fumar 5y ago
Right, wearing an Apple Watch + AirPods is the modern iPod experience to me. I can leave my house without a smartphone and take a stroll or bike ride or skateboard etc with music. The Apple Watch crown provides that tactile feel missing from smartphones. I like how easy it is to turn up the volume by quickly rotating the crown up or down.
- notJim 5y agoDo you have to have the watch with LTE, or does it actually cache music locally?
- fumar 5y agoLTE but you can download music when on Wifi and keep it stored on the watch.
- systoll 5y agoIt can cache music locally – it does some guessing as to what you want by default, but you can also sync specific playlists. Current models have 32gB of storage.
- leucineleprec0n 5y agoyou can but the issue is they limit the media storage to 8gb. :eyeroll. I can see why they'd want to leave some to the OS, but it really defeats half the purpose of 32 on a watch as is if limited to 8GB for media.
- SilverRed 5y agoAs far as I know, only apple music saves it locally but spotify and others can stream if you have LTE. I believe this is just a hold up from spotify and the apis are available though.
- systoll 5y agoAs of about a month ago, Spotify can download content to watch too.
- IggleSniggle 5y agoI have this setup and it’s a great vision. Unfortunately I personally find it needless hamstringed: 1) the Watch works great for every single one of my smartphone needs, but you are required to pair it with an iPhone that has a phone plan…even if you keep the iPhone turned off 95% of the time. 2) the AirPods fall out of my head when I smile. I’ve tried the different sizings. For such an expensive gadget, I expect to be able to make them stay in my head without fear of losing them simply because I’m having a nice time. 3) people sometimes report that they can’t hear me very well through the AirPods even if I’m sitting still in a quiet room with no obstructions. This happens regardless of whether the pods are tethered to the Watch, computer, or iPhone.
- fumar 5y ago#3 it sounds like something is wrong in your device chain. 80%+ of my family and friends use AirPods for personal, workout, and or business purposes and their experience is rather seamless. Reach out to Apple support.
- xrisk 5y agoFor 2), something I didn’t realize till recently is that you can “twist” them towards your face to tighten the grip. Perhaps try that?
- patrickk 5y agoI found cheap yet decent earbuds from Aliexpress and a cheap 3.5mm bluetooth receiver that solves the earbuds falling out of your ears problem. Every time I hear about issues people have with AirPods I'm so glad I went with this solution, and spent a fraction of the money too. If I pop the bluetooth receiver off the 3.5mm jack, I can use it with my (growing) iPod classic collection. The only reason I even use bluetooth at all is because my iPhone demands it.
- gccs 5y agoCan you reccomend decent earbuds from aliexpress? I bought some but they still had a strong chemical smell after I let them offgas for a week.