[Garmin] Garmin App - Control Spotify on Phone

[lbearm]

Right now on the app used on Garmin Smartwatches, you can only download songs and control those songs on the app.  I would like the ability to have the app control the songs being played on the phone.  the app used on Fitbit watches has this.  I often have spotify playing on a device (phone, pc) and really like the simplicity of skipping a song from the watch without needing to get my phone unlocked or get to my PC. 

[Kiril]

Updated on 2022-04-11

Hello @lbearm,

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[jrham]

This sounds like a great feature, and it gets a vote from me. But let me try to understand; it sounds like you want the option to use a watch as a "remote control". 

I think it currently only plays music that's been downloaded onto the watch and then projected to a device via bluetooth. So yes, I like your idea of using your watch as "remote" to change songs if that's what you mean.

[lbearm]

jrham - you have that correct.  I am looking at it to function more like a remote control.  Thanks for the vote. Hopefully we get enough.

[Mikegfx4]

My Garmin Vivoactive 4 already does this, not sure anything needs to be changed.  Make sure that you have the spotify app installed on the device, if able. Maybe you are asking for this to work on devices that cannot install the spotify app directly?

[lbearm]

Mikegfx4, I don't think you are following my request.  The Vivoactive can download songs from Spotify and play those.  However, if I am listening to Spotify on my PC, the watch cannot control what is playing.  It only knows what has been downloaded to the Garmin.

[Mikegfx4]

Iberam, Yes this is exactly what I do with my watch today. If I am playing music on my phone (not saved to the watch)  I can scroll to the music controls app on my watch and play/pause, skip forward/backwards, and control volume. This also works with the PC playing music and my phone app open (it shows what is playing on the PC). 

[lbearm]

Well mine does not do that.  I do have Spotify installed on my watch - version 1.5.3,  SW Version on the Watch is 6.8.0.  So not sure how you are getting what you want.  All the documentation I read says the app functions the way I am seeing it on my watch and not the way I want it to work and have listed it above.