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Devac  ·  877 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: October 5, 2022

    The first option is to have some sort of built-in mixer into the OS, that allows me to specifically route specific app outputs to different places. So, send Spotify output to the Bluetooth connected device (speaker in the shop, or car stereo, for example) and send all other audio through the phone's built-in speaker.

I know just about nothing about Apple ecosystem, but there's exactly that in Windows called App Volume and Device Preferences. The article mentions 3rd party apps only for older system versions, but I'd suspect someone wrote something like that for iOS/whatever.





goobster  ·  876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, desktop OSes give you a lot of routing options, but mobile OSes generally don't.

And I'm not bringing my desktop into the shop or car with me, just to make music play without interruption.

Devac  ·  876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I figured out how to do it on my shitty bargain-bin Alcatel with ancient Android, so there likely is a solution less tedious than your profile setups. Almost willing to bet there's already something like this or better, hidden behind even less-specific name.

kleinbl00  ·  876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The trick is Airplay, which is a wifi protocol Apple licenses for not too much. However, "not too much" is more than "nothing" which is what bluetooth costs, so most things you want to interface remain bluetooth.

goobster  ·  875 days ago  ·  link  ·  

... and that auto manufacturers release ONE version of software for their head units, and then ignore any software updates forever.

Oh wait. That's not right.

I can get a software update for the head unit in my 2015 Chevy... for $632. (Literally sticking in a USB, clicking a button, and waiting for the update to complete. And it is over $600.)