dinsdag, februari 17, 2015

Use Pebble smartwatch to control Logitech Squeezebox Radio over Logitech MediaServer/SqueezeBoxServer/Slimserver

Logitech Squeezeserver + Android + Pebble = <3 !

I'm one of the (very) proud owners of a Pebble smartwatch, and a Nexus 4 running Android Lollipop. For those who don't know this brilliant smartwatch, check here. In a way you could consider it to be an extension, a 2nd screen, and/or a remote to your phone.
One of the first things I thought of doing with it, was to control my Logitech Squeezebox Radio with it: louder, next track, different station, etc.

It seemed to be a no-brainer, but apparently not too many people came up with this idea. After some research, reading forums, looking through documentations, I noticed most people got this working using a third party app.
I already have Squeeze Commander and Tasker on my phone, so I didn't want another app like Orange Squeeze or AutoSqueeze.