Android Wear 2.0 App won't play / pause

[sarpdoruk]

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 ?

[MrSpot1981]

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...

[Ghostduster]

Same here.. 

[RIPmav]

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

[StellarJay]

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

[mattjackson114]

Same here on Fossil Q Gen 2

[just_a_name]

... 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 ...

[just_a_name]

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.

[sarpdoruk]

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

[just_a_name]

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

[RIPmav]

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 😞

[sarpdoruk]

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