How to switch between apps when in exercise mode?

[TonySimonsen]

Hi,

I recenty purchased Bluetooth headphones (Plantronics) which work great with the Ionic.

I then installed Deezer and have a few play lists transferred to the watch which again work great.

Problem this morning was bizarre.  Halfway through my run I went to hi five my daughter, only to have another guy think that I wanted to hi five him!  He connected of course but the contact paused my music.  The challenge was I had my time in “run” mode and I couldn’t work out how to switch apps back to the Deezer app to restart the music without stopping the exercise app and without stopping running.  

So the question is is there a way to switch apps whilst in exercise mode to do other things like start or restart music or change playlists etc?

Thanks

 Moderator edit: Updated subject for clarity 

[supersmart01234]

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@TonySimonsen wrote:

Hi,

I recenty purchased Bluetooth headphones (Plantronics) which work great with the Ionic.

I then installed Deezer and have a few play lists transferred to the watch which again work great.

Problem this morning was bizarre.  Halfway through my run I went to hi five my daughter, only to have another guy think that I wanted to hi five him!  He connected of course but the contact paused my music.  The challenge was I had my time in “run” mode and I couldn’t work out how to switch apps back to the Deezer app to restart the music without stopping the exercise app and without stopping running.  

So the question is is there a way to switch apps whilst in exercise mode to do other things like start or restart music or change playlists etc?

Thanks

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Sadly, no. You can only stop-start music controls during an exercise. Smarttrack can be adjusted to count 10 min walks/runs without going into the exercise app. Of course you!d need to turn off run detect and have no gps so you can only choose....

[TonySimonsen]

Cheers for that.

[SilviaFitbit]

It's great to have you here @TonySimonsen! Currently, just as @supersmart01234 mentioned it's not possible to switch between applications while your Ionic is on exercise mode. However, you may want to post your idea in our Feature Suggestion board, those are viewed by our engineers and developers. The best of this is that people can vote and comment to support it. 

So funny the situation you had today about hi five someone else. 

Thanks for posting in the Community!