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Integrating a Music Quality Setting for Spotify on the 245 Music

I've seen it voiced in the forum that there is a noticeable discrepancy between the music from Spotify, as an app on a phone, that is paired with Bluetooth earphones compared to the quality experienced when listening to the Spotify app on the 245 Music watch.

I use Sennheiser Momentum 2 TW Buds for reference and it's obvious to me that the 'very high' quality available on the app on the phone is noticeably higher audio fidelity than the standard imposed by the watches app.

This essentially stunts the music label on the watch for me. I'd much prefer to use my earbuds with my phone and Spotify if it means I can experience the best in sounds quality Spotify has to offer.

I'm asking that a quality setting is integrated into the app settings on the watch. This would allow the user to choose less songs with higher quality or more songs with less. I don't mind at all this means a lower capacity of songs. I feel many would think the same. Just to be given the option to select the highest quality available would be an excellent addition.

Otherwise some clarification to the technical limitations of this feature would be welcome to know.

When I exercise, it would be better not to bring my phone with me to listen to music. All that requires for me is the 'very high' quality to be an option when downloading music to the watch.

  • Lossless headphones? No such thing mate I tested on airpods 

  • Lossless headphones? No such thing mate

    It's possible the term "lossless headphones" doesn't exist, but if you want to talk about headphones where you can hear lossless audio then they do exist. Even wireless ones.

    But the point is you keep pairing Airpods that prefer AAC to your watch. I can confirm at least for the 245 that they run on SBC. If the Apple Watch is any indication, Apple has been widely documented to not play well with others. I have a Macbook Pro and an Ipad Pro but I use Android phones and Windows PCs primarily.

    Also now you are comparing a lossless file (Garmin doesn't support FLAC so no idea what you have) through the Garmin onboard player through BT on probably SBC shoving it down Airpods that prefer AAC. Imagine how many compressions you're trying to do.

    I would think the Spotify app was designed with the Garmin hardware limitations in mind to result in a more optimized (albeit probably lower quality) experience. Even if you insist on using them on AAC buds.