SmartPlay - Using the Play Queue

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BluOS Controller app 4.x.x

The BluOS Controller App incorporates a SmartPlay functionality, allowing you to play the music of your choice instantly.

Select a Track

Upon selecting a track from an album or playlist, the chosen track will commence playing immediately. If Autofill is enabled, the remaining tracks from the Album or playlist will be automatically added to the Play Queue within the Autofill section.

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Select another Track

When you choose another track, it will begin playing instantly. The list of tracks in the Autofill section of the Play Queue will be replaced with the subsequent tracks of the Currently Playing track.

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Select Play All

Upon selecting Play All for an album or playlist, all the tracks from the selected Album or playlist will be added to the queue, clearing the previous Play Queue, and playback will instantly commence from the first track.

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Select Shuffle

When you select the Shuffle option from the context menu (3 dots) of an album or playlist, all the tracks from the selected Album or playlist will be added to the queue in random order, and playback will instantly commence from the first track, clearing the previous Play Queue.

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Select Play Now

When you select the Play Now option from a track's context menu (3 dots), the selected track will play instantly, clearing the previous Play Queue. But it does not create an Autofill function.
Note: When you select the Play Now option from the context menu (3 dots) of an album or playlist, all the tracks from the selected Album or playlist will be added to the queue, and playback will instantly commence from the first track. 

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Select Add Next

When you select the Add Next option from the context menu (3 dots), the selected track is added to the queue under the Up Next section to be played back next without clearing the existing Play Queue. But it does not create an Autofill function.
Note: When you select Add Next from the context menu (3 dots) of an Album. The entire album is added to the Up Next section.

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Select Add Last

When you select the Add Last option from the context menu (3 dots), you can insert the chosen track or Album to the end of the Play Queue. It will be placed as the last item under the Up Next section without clearing the existing Play Queue.

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Enable or Disable Autofill

When Autofill is enabled, the remaining tracks from the Album or playlist will be automatically added to the Play Queue within the Autofill section.

To enable or disable Autofill, perform the following steps:

Note: This User App preference setting (Autofill - enable or disable) is exclusive to the currently used BluOS Controller app device (mobile/Computer). Changes made on the current device do not affect other devices.

Android/iOS - Enable or Disable Autofill

  1. In the BluOS Controller app, navigate to the Home tab Hometab_icon.png > Settings button Settings_icon.png > Playback.
  2. Toggle to enable or disable the Autofill option.

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Windows/macOS - Enable or Disable Autofill

  1. In the BluOS Controller app, under the left Navigation Drawer, select Settings > Playback.
  2. Toggle to enable or disable the Autofill option.

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Remove Autofill section tracks

You can also easily remove the Auto-filled tracks from the Play Queue by selecting the Remove option in the Autofill section.

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Note: When the current track has less than 10 seconds left to play, the first track in the Autofill section is moved to the Up Next section of the Play Queue.

BluOS Controller app 3.x.x

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The BluOS App for Android and iOS has been designed with a SmartPlay feature to let you play the music you want to hear, right away.

Simply browse through your Local Library or favorite Music Service and tap a song you want to hear. It will start playing instantly. Auto fill will then auto-populate the Play Queue by adding all of the tracks that follow the selected song. Songs that are Auto filled will also be gradient in the App to be easily identified as suggested tracks.

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To listen to another song, simply tap your song of choice and it will play instantly. It is placed next in the Play Queue and Auto fill will add all of the tracks that follow the newly selected song. Only previously played songs will remain and stay at the top of the Play Queue.

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Want to add to the Play Queue without interrupting what is currently playing or by adding songs one at a time? The BluOS App can do that too. Press the More indicator  to the right of the Song and a Context Menu will appear. Select Play Now to immediately start the current spot in the Play Queue, Add Next to be queued up after the current song or Add Last to have the song added at the bottom of the Play Queue. All Auto fill songs will now be removed from the Play Queue. 

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Auto filled songs can also be easily removed from the Play queue by selecting the trash can icon in the Auto fill page page break.

Like what you heard? You can Save the current Play Queue as a Playlist making it easy to listen to again and again. To Save select the Save Icon Save.png and enter a name for the Playlist. Auto filled songs yet to play in the Play Queue will not be saved.

Notes

  • Suggested tracks in the Auto fill section will be added to the Play Queue as Play Next when the currently playing track has less than 40 seconds left to play
  • In the Settings Menu, Playback you can set the Enable Autofill to off. This is a User App Preference setting unique to the currently used smartphone or tablet.

 

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