Controlling BeoIntegration with the Apple Watch

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I just received my Apple Watch. It can already control Philips Hue with an app. Unfortunately, the app for Lutron RadioRa 2 has not been finished yet. Something nice about the RadioRa 2 control is that we could use RadioRa 2 phantom buttons to control just about anything through the MLGW/BLGW -- including control of B&O devices. I'm considering connecting an Apple Airport Express to the BeoSound 5 in order to call up songs via Siri on the Apple Watch to play through the BeoSound 5 using AirPlay.

Or an Apple TV ... which is what I was using last night

Well, you can try my app ;-)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/linkremote-for-mlgw/id988562611?ls=1&mt=8

I don't have my watch yet, so please let me know how it goes.

P.

Phil-

I've installed your app and it looks GREAT on the Apple Watch! However, I can't get it to work. It has connected successfully with my MLGW, but it isn't showing any rooms to control. All I see is the demo room. How do you add rooms?

Phil,

this is great! Could you do it for Android and the Android Wear watches with round displays, too?

beojeff,

I am so jealous you've got the watch and mine hasn't even turned up yet! I ordered it a minute after they opened the website and they haven't even shipped it 😡😡😡

Which one did you get?

Have you launched the iPhone version of the app and pressed on settings?

TWG, sorry, I don't know anything about android development. But if someone wants to do it I am happy to explain how it works.

Everyone else,

The app also works on an iPhone or iPad without the watch. It needs a mlgw or blgw.

I was only able to test it on my blgw, so I would appreciate if anyone could tell me if it works for them on their phone or iPad.

The interface on the phone isn't great, and doesn't bring much more than the beolink app, but you need to ship an iPhone app in order to ship a watch app. The only cool thing is that it comes with a Today extension, so you can call a mini remote control from the lock screen or from any app by swiping down.

P.

elephant wrote:
Or an Apple TV ... which is what I was using last night

I, too, used the Apple Watch to control my Apple TV connected to my tv last night. I find that an Airport Express is better to use for just streaming audio.

Oh, and he is a little video of an early version of the app:

http://youtu.be/423WVCCwbDk

The shipped version looks a lot cooler and supports Macro buttons.

Phil-

I, too, bought it the minute after they opened the website. For me, that was at 4:00 a.m.! I actually set my BeoTime alarm to get me up to make the purchase. I got the 42mm milenese loop. The fit is great. It's very comfortable.I'd like to buy some leather bands soon, too. My initial gripe with the watch is that in order to use Apple Pay, you have to use a passcode -- which is a total pain to have to unlock your watch every time you use it. Therefore, I'm choosing not to use the Apple Pay feature so that I don't need to keep unlocking my watch.

Your app looks GREAT on the watch. The interface you designed seems ideal. I was able to connect it to my MLGW using the settings on the iPhone app. However, it only shows your demo zone. Using your demo zone, I can sometimes (not always) get the video source to switch to DTV and can sometimes (not always) put everything into standby. That's all I can get it to do, though. I'm guessing that when the app connects with the MLGW that is should automatically show all of the zones, sources, and scenes from the MLGW?

I went for the steal version with a black rubber band, and I just read that this is one of the model that hasn't shipped yet. I'll have to be patient!

The app connects to the mlgw for sending commands, but also it needs to retrieve the configuration. This last part isn't working obviously. I'll try and come up with some way of testing something.

As I only tested in on a Beolink gateway, not a master link gateway, I wonder if this is the issue. I might visit a dealer and ask to test.
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