Mike_S101 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Is it me or does the apple watch app not work I have tried many different things but cannot get it work It just sits in a loop Tim Williams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Williams Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Is it me or does the apple watch app not work I have tried many different things but cannot get it work It just sits in a loopSame here. Useless right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAV Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 It is known. I've had some luck force quitting the app. Hold the watch side button till shutdown screen appears, hold crown button till app closes. Relaunch app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adidaswood Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Garbage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Yep - Its a non starter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownbatsbreath Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 FWIW Crestron discontinued it’s support for their Apple Watch app altogether last year. Apple made some back end changes, and Crestron said to hell with it. South Africa C4 user 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I used the homebridge driver so I can get control through Siri. Siri works great With my Apple Watch. So does the native Home app. I will caveate there's no native audio control in HomeKit...and I wouldn't use my watch to control the TV or change channels anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rea Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Yes, it's terrible. Reloading the watch app with a long press seems to work for me most of the time, but I don't even bother and just use my phone anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2828 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 What exactly is is "supposed" to do? All I've ever seen is "No Currently Active Media Zones" message when I click the Media button... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2828 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I just got it to work for the first time (had to force quit the Watch app and then it asked me to open the iPhone app to sync). Though I don’t know what I am supposed to see in terms of functionality. When watching a source on TV, I see a button that says “Media” with a house icon. Clicking that takes me to a screen that says “Now Playing” at the top and there is a volume control on the screen. It does in fact control the volume of the currently playing TV source. Unfortunately the smart crown has no effect on the volume, you actually have to tap the + or - on the screen. There is no other functionality I can see. Would be nice to be able to start a source in a room or mute, or play / pause / rew / ff a source. Also lighting / shading control would be nice. Like a mini me version of the C4 app. Don’t know why they’d think this suffices as is unless I am missing something. Anyone know of any other functionality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2828 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Holy undocumented features. Not sure if anyone caught this, but if you force touch the watch screen when the volume control is up you get options for: Room Off - (actually works) Mute - (works) Rooms - (takes you to a screen with all of your rooms where you can toggle them on and off. Adding rooms to currently playing only works with stereo PCM sources - ex. I was using 5.1 TV source and to send that audio to rooms I’d have to set the TV audio source to PCM output - it worked great when just playing a normal audio source. I also found that depending on the source you do get controls for the media playing (pause, ff, rew) - very dependent on the media playing - for example I only had volume control for my TiVo and when playing a “Station” from the Control4 native Amazon Music source, while streaming an audio source from my phone to Control4 showed the full set of pause,ff, rew and volume on the watch. Also for audio sources the watch shows the cover art and text for the currently playing song. Maybe not as useless as I (we) thought?? (or did everyone already know how this worked ?? I figured it out by mistake)... South Africa C4 user 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adidaswood Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I don't think anyone is saying that it doesn't have potential or that some of these features are not cool. I think most people think it is inconsistent. Mine has worked a little bit here and there but a lot of the time it doesn't. Won't load or crashes when you try to do something. I think if it worked consistently and Control4 spent time working out the bugs, I don't think you would be getting the same feedback from the group. Plus apple changes stuff and trying to keep up with that has to be a chore for Control4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2828 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Try force touching when the screen is displayed that just says "Media" - it will give you an option to Reload. It will sometimes ask that you have your C4 app open on the iPhone to sync and then you are off to the races... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Does the Apple Watch C4 app work consistently for anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2828 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Depends on what you mean by consistently... For me (latest Apple Watch Series 4 and latest iOS and WatchOS) it never works without doing the Refresh (by force touching the screen) and having the App open on the iPhone (which somewhat defeats the purpose)... Once it recognizes there is Media playing, it works nicely allowing changes of tracks, and most importantly volume control - really nice when you are out by the pool and don't want to get your phone to make volume or track adjustments...talk about 1st world problems... The lighting controls are also pretty nice to have, although I cannot figure out why I only see a portion of my overall lighting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake0508 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Does the Apple Watch C4 app work consistently for anyone?It’s been crap for a long time. And so has the camera feed in iOS devices. It’s pretty disappointing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Gary Leeds UK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 To quote the coach in Letterkenny "It's frickin' embarrassing!" Darkimedes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakblak Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that there was quite a bit of work put into the watch app for 2.10. We streamlined much of the communication and it is much faster than before. You'll notice that media (audio/video) and scenes are missing from this version but will make their way back in as part of the next release. Please feel free to check it out. - Clint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon2828 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Uhhh, except for that Control4 announced that Apple Watch is not supported on the latest release of Composer/Director/Navigator 3.0.... Hmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakblak Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 It's not compatible with the 3.0 app, but it is compatible with 2.10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
control4user007 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 2 hours ago, jakblak said: It's not compatible with the 3.0 app, but it is compatible with 2.10 Will it come to 3.0? I do have to say I tried it on my 2.10 system before I upgraded today and noticed how much better it was! Great work!! Now that I’m in 3.0 it’s not much use, but if it can be ported over I would definitely use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, control4user007 said: Will it come to 3.0? I do have to say I tried it on my 2.10 system before I upgraded today and noticed how much better it was! Great work!! Now that I’m in 3.0 it’s not much use, but if it can be ported over I would definitely use it. I wouldn't bet on it. If there is enough interest, it may make sense to make a new app to accompany 3.0, but that's the issue, the interest is and has been extremely minimal from what I've heard and seen. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
control4user007 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, Cyknight said: I wouldn't bet on it. If there is enough interest, it may make sense to make a new app to accompany 3.0, but that's the issue, the interest is and has been extremely minimal from what I've heard and seen. Fair enough. Too bad because I can tell that put a lot of work into the watchOS app (and I’ve written them and know what a pain they can be to get right). I think if people experienced the reliability (such as the native HomeKit app with homebridge) they would start using it. Would be nice to have it cover areas the HomeKit app falls short on (mainly simple AV control and non doorbell security cameras) - could be a big hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakblak Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, control4user007 said: Will it come to 3.0? I do have to say I tried it on my 2.10 system before I upgraded today and noticed how much better it was! Great work!! Now that I’m in 3.0 it’s not much use, but if it can be ported over I would definitely use it. While we don't comment on future releases we are evaluating the feasibility and practicality of bringing Apple Watch functionality to 3.0. rea, turls and johnpg 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake0508 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Please do. There wasn’t much interest because it never worked. There is more use case for it then people think. Darkimedes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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