Music Acquisition and Control Needs to Improve
I hate to say it but this article is right on the mark. Check out this article in Mashable by Pete Pachal. Apple has poured so much effort into the health and exercise aspect of the watch that other functions seem to have been left behind. Notably, music playback.
In using the Apple Watch day to day, I'm also annoyed that audio playback controls — what I would consider a fundamental feature of the watch — are buried. If you're listening to, say, a podcast, in order to pause playback you first need to move your wrist, press the home button, swipe to the Now Playing "glance" (the term Apple uses for app screens), tap to activate the glance, then tap again to actually press pause. That's five steps for something that should be two at the most. – Pete Pachal, Mashable
In using the Apple Watch day to day, I'm also annoyed that audio playback controls — what I would consider a fundamental feature of the watch — are buried. If you're listening to, say, a podcast, in order to pause playback you first need to move your wrist, press the home button, swipe to the Now Playing "glance" (the term Apple uses for app screens), tap to activate the glance, then tap again to actually press pause. That's five steps for something that should be two at the most. – Pete Pachal, Mashable
Getting music on and off the Apple Watch Series 2 is still excruciatingly slow. And controlling the music and podcasts from your watch still seems much more difficult than using an iPod. I’m not sure how Apple can do it, but I want to quickly and easily play and pause my music and adjust my volume from my watch. Especially now that I’m using my AirPods which have no volume control.
If that means adding more physical buttons then so be it.
Dear Apple, Turn the Apple Watch Into the iPod of My Dreams
If that means adding more physical buttons then so be it.
Dear Apple, Turn the Apple Watch Into the iPod of My Dreams
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