Full use without a smartphone

[komax74]

I read in various posts that it seems not to be possible to browse or search for songs directly from the touch screen, but those posts were from 2024. I wanted to know if it is now possible to use the WiiM completely without a phone. I bought it to use on a shared terrace and I was hoping that after pairing platforms like Amazon Music or Spotify, I could play music and playlists even without a phone directly to touch screen.

I find it very limiting to always need a smartphone paired; many people use the terrace, and my phone isn't always available.

Is there a solution? For example, I saw that with a USB stick, it's possible to change songs from the touch screen. I don’t understand why it's not possible to do the same for streaming platforms. Thank you very much.

 

[Burnside]

No, you really do need a phone to fully operate an ultra. I don’t know where you saw that you could select tracks from a usb stick on the touchscreen - while that has been discussed, it’s at best still in development. Perhaps what you saw was selection of a track from the play queue. Spotify access is entirely via Connect from the Spotify app, so again the screen can’t be used for that, and I suspect it’ll be a very long time till you can access Amazon music that way.

Really, the best you can do is setup playlists, assign them to presets from the app and then access them via the touchscreen.

 

[hgo58]

I read in various posts that it seems not to be possible to browse or search for songs directly from the touch screen, but those posts were from 2024. I wanted to know if it is now possible to use the WiiM completely without a phone. I bought it to use on a shared terrace and I was hoping that after pairing platforms like Amazon Music or Spotify, I could play music and playlists even without a phone directly to touch screen.

I find it very limiting to always need a smartphone paired; many people use the terrace, and my phone isn't always available.

Is there a solution? For example, I saw that with a USB stick, it's possible to change songs from the touch screen. I don’t understand why it's not possible to do the same for streaming platforms. Thank you very much.

You can use an old spare phone to control the WiiM. You can have the WiiM Home App on multiple phones and use one with only this app installed (and not locked) for shared use.