topic Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause in Android

Android Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

sarpdoruk — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:21:11 GMT

After I start playing music on my phone, I put it in my pocket and continue to control it from my Android Wear 2.0 device. The problem is that everything works fine on the wear app but the play/pause button. I can't pause or play the current song via wear app. This is very annoying since it is the one thing that the app should do properly. Won't this bug be fixed ?

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

MrSpot1981 — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:24:21 GMT

I'm getting this I'm on my Tag connected modular. Same deal, can start the music but pkay/pause will not work after this. The watch acts like its paused but the music continues...

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

Ghostduster — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:42:47 GMT

Same here..

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

RIPmav — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:00:06 GMT

Same issue here, Huawei Watch 2 & Samsung S7, bluetooth headphones. Can skip tracks, but play/pause doesn't work on watch and on headphones.

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

StellarJay — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 04:53:36 GMT

Same here, Huawei Watch 1.0 w/ Samsung S7. Must be a bug.

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

mattjackson114 — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:21:52 GMT

Same here on Fossil Q Gen 2

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

just_a_name — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 08:40:06 GMT

... same her with Huawei Mate 8 and Huawei watch.

Additionally, I found this problem only occurs when my phone has the screen switched off. I press the pause button on my watch - no reaction. If I unlock the phone afterwards, the music is paused.

My first idea was that perhaps Spotify is being deactivated by a background app killer (android power management), but this is not the case.

Really annoying ...

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

just_a_name — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 08:56:54 GMT

I just found a solution which solved the problem for me.

In Spotify, there is a switch in the technical settings which enables other appications to access spotify. In German, it is "Übertragungsstatus", meaning something like "transmission status" in English.

It was set to "off", I switched it to "on" an now everything seems to be working perfectly allright.

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

sarpdoruk — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 09:26:50 GMT

I can't see that setting in my Spotify App. Where is it exactly ?

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

just_a_name — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:33:15 GMT

In the German version of Spotify it is just below the volume setting ...

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

RIPmav — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 09:37:49 GMT

First thought that it solved the problem for me as well. But unfortunatelly, one day later its not working again. At least it helps a little - skipping tracks is possible again, which didn't work on my device for a few weeks now. So, thank you for the hint!

But the play/pause button still doesn't work.

This is getting really frustrating 😞

Re: Androis Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

sarpdoruk — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:20:51 GMT

I don't have this option, it's weird.