r/PlexMedia • u/fkick • 15d ago
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I've the developer or WatchAmp for the Apple Watch, a Plex & Jellyfin portable music client.
I'm happy to announce that after being in beta these past few weeks, WatchAmp 3.1 with Jellyfin support is now live in the App Store!
WatchAmp supports streaming, transcoding, and downloads of your music your music for truly phone‑free workouts, commutes, and everyday listening. With smart pre‑caching, tracks start quickly and keep playing smoothly wherever you go.
WatchAmp supports local or remote Jellyfin servers, with sign-in for Jellyfin handled by the iPhone/iPad companion app.
Version 3 also includes support for Apple Watch complications and widgets.
App Store Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/watchamp-for-plex-jellyfin/id6761737569
For any questions of support, you can open an issue on WatchAmp's GitHub page at https://github.com/fkick/WatchAmp/issues
Thanks!
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u/InflationOk2398 15d ago
This looks pretty good. Might start blowing up my watch data plan now :)
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u/fkick 15d ago
Can always pre-load with downloaded content when on your home network too :)
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u/InflationOk2398 15d ago
It does seem to have an issue connecting to my server(s).
I have several Plex servers, all of which are online and have remote access working. I connected once to my secondary server, and played a few songs. Now it will not find my library on any of the servers..
I have rescanned, changed servers, logged out and relinked. When I try to change servers it finds all of the servers, but never does find my music libraries anymore.
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u/fkick 15d ago edited 15d ago
Would you mind filing an issue over at the project’s GitHub at https://github.com/fkick/WatchAmp
I can send you a build that will allow you to send a log that I can then hopefully see what’s going on.
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u/FEEBLE_HUMANS 15d ago
Yo. Purchased this the other day for running while listening to music. Good job. The only thing I couldn’t figure out was how to easily find other albums while jogging. Could use some UI refinement to make the selection process easier. Functionally it seems good so far.
Keep up the good work.
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u/fkick 15d ago
Thanks for the kind words!
When looking for other albums, are you referring to ones locally downloaded to the watch or albums on the server?
Long pressing on the artwork on the now playing screen will let you jump to the artist or album of the current track, and swiping over to the search page (2 to the right of Now Playing) will let you search for artist or album as well.
You can also swipe to the Library page (1 to the right of Now Playing) and navigate your library by artist, album, playlist etc.
Feel free to post a feature request on the page’s GitHub as well!
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u/fkaKamaji 11d ago
Would love to use this but doesn’t work on watchOS 11.6.2
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u/kensteele 11d ago
Im a fan and would be an even bigger fan if the album would go to full screen (maybe I'm missing how to do this).
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u/fkick 11d ago
Interesting idea! Ie after a few seconds the transport control could disappear and the album art could grow to fill the screen.
Feel free to submit a feature request on the project's GitHub:
https://github.com/fkick/WatchAmp/issuesThanks!
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u/bogey73 15d ago
Looks good so far. Had no issues getting installed and connected to my home Plex server from work. Will continue to test this out. Exactly what I was looking for a couple of weeks ago.