Downloading on Pixel Watch with WiFi
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Often when downloading episodes on the pixel watch 2 app, the download is very slow, and it seems like the transfer is going via the phone Bluetooth rather then the WiFi connection (I disabled Bluetooth on the phone and the downloaded failed). Sometimes it seems like WiFi is being used – I’m not sure what determines this.
Is there a way to force the app to download via WiFi or at least to prefer WiFi. I think the watch is only turning WiFi on when an app requests it.
Thank you
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Hi! This sounds like a bug that was reported. Pocket Casts on Wear OS should always be using WiFi for downloads if WiFi is available. Our engineers have tested this and found it was working on their devices.
However, it was noted that WiFi can take some time to turn on and connect. Wear OS will power down the wifi radio when not actively in use so when Pocket Casts tries to connect, it may be restoring the connection first.
May we have you try downloading on Wifi again and try waiting just a bit to see if it connects?
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