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Spotify offline support now rolling out

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    Jamie BG Bronze Member @rooldaa
    last edited by 24 Aug 2021, 15:57

    @rooldaa - which is pretty near the up to 7hrs estimate for GPS & music.

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      Steff @rooldaa
      last edited by 24 Aug 2021, 19:03

      @rooldaa the entire watch lost 15% battery(Spotify + tracking) or only Spotify consumed 15%?

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        olymay Gold Members
        last edited by 25 Aug 2021, 07:32

        As promised, I went for a run last night using Spotify on my watch to listen to music. I did not take my phone with me at all.

        First, my watch settings:

        Trail run (basic)
        No route loaded
        GPS Best
        Always on map OFF
        All apps were checked and up to date before leaving.
        I did not wake the watch or change screens at any point during the run, the only times I touched it were to start and stop the activity.

        Findings:

        Battery life at start of run: 97%
        Activity lasted 00:40:30 (40mins30sec)
        Battery life at end of run: 78%

        Resulting in 19% drop in 40 minutes. Equates to roughly 30% drop per hour.

        Conclusions.

        This was one single run and not scientific.

        I would be confident to use this feature for shorter runs, but anything over 2hrs and I would start to get a bit nervous of the battery running out.

        Also, the inability to shuffle the music, or repeat it (when it gets to the end of the playlist it just stops!) is a deal breaker for me.

        It works, but it feels like a half baked implementation.

        Therefore, I will not be using Spotify on my watch anymore (I’ve already uninstalled it!).

        Suunto 7 Graphite Copper
        Suunto App Beta (Android - Pixel 6 Pro)

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          Steff @olymay
          last edited by 25 Aug 2021, 09:58

          @olymay so ~ 3.3 hours of GPS hours…indead pretty near the up to 7hr estimate for GPS & music 🙂

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            Jamie BG Bronze Member @olymay
            last edited by 25 Aug 2021, 10:00

            @olymay sorry to hear that.
            end of list - could download a longer play list…

            But yeah that battery life if it is the norm, isn’t worth it.

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              olymay Gold Members @Steff
              last edited by 25 Aug 2021, 10:04

              @steff said in Spotify offline support now rolling out:

              @olymay so ~ 3.3 hours of GPS hours…indead pretty near the up to 7hr estimate for GPS & music 🙂

              In this test I carried out, the watch lost approx 10% per 20 mins which is 30% per hour.

              Based on those figures, a fully charged watch would expect to run out after roughly 3hours20mins.

              This is with BOTH music and GPS. There is not a chance the S7 could last for 7hrs in this mode. Not even with GPS set to GOOD. The drain caused by music playback is massive.

              Suunto 7 Graphite Copper
              Suunto App Beta (Android - Pixel 6 Pro)

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                rooldaa Silver Members @Steff
                last edited by 27 Aug 2021, 13:44

                @steff Hi, it was only spotify’s consumption.

                Suunto Spartan Ultra, Suunto 7 Ti, Suunto Vertical Ti Solar

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                  mcsolaar @olymay
                  last edited by mcsolaar 9 Jun 2021, 14:01 6 Sept 2021, 14:00

                  @olymay What I did is after starting the playback on the watch before going out I had a cellphone nearby and I toggled shuffle in so that it impacted the playback on the watch as well. Probably it is similarly workable for repeat function too

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                    Aleksander H Bronze Member @mcsolaar
                    last edited by 6 Sept 2021, 15:10

                    @mcsolaar said in Spotify offline support now rolling out:

                    @olymay What I did is after starting the playback on the watch before going out I had a cellphone nearby and I toggled shuffle in so that it impacted the playback on the watch as well. Probably it is similarly workable for repeat function too

                    Oh, that’s an interesting workaround!

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                      Aleksander H Bronze Member
                      last edited by 27 Sept 2021, 15:30

                      A bit of good news. It seems YT Music will make its way to older devices as well.

                      https://9to5google.com/2021/09/27/youtube-music-wear-os-2/

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                        olymay Gold Members @Aleksander H
                        last edited by 28 Sept 2021, 07:26

                        @aleksander-h said in Spotify offline support now rolling out:

                        A bit of good news. It seems YT Music will make its way to older devices as well.

                        https://9to5google.com/2021/09/27/youtube-music-wear-os-2/

                        I saw this last night. I am hoping it will come to the S7 soon.

                        Although It’s unlikely I will use it due to battery drain, it’ll be a nice to have (and arguably something we should never have been without!).

                        Suunto 7 Graphite Copper
                        Suunto App Beta (Android - Pixel 6 Pro)

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