BluOS App User Guide

The app interface displays a 'Home' screen with various interactive elements. Key areas include a music service selection, a section for 'Most Used' items, 'Presets', and a 'Now Playing Control Bar'. A 'Bottom Navigation Bar' provides access to main app sections.

• 1 [Settings]: Press to open the Player Settings page.
• 2 [Highlights & Information]: A place for BluOS to inform about new updates, changes to functionality or introduction of new features.
• 3 [Most Used]: Quick access to most used music services/ inputs of each Player. Press on the big tile to jump directly into the specific service or input. Each tile has links for quick access to service/input specific content or settings.
• 4 [Presets]: Find and play presets for each Player here. When no presets have been made, a '+' icon provides access to the Preset setup menu. 'Show All' will give you the full list of presets and options to add new ones, delete or edit old presets.
• 5 [Recent Stations]: Gives quick access to recently played stations. Will only show if a station has been played on the Player.
• 6 [Recently Played]: Access and see the recently played playlists, songs, and albums on each player across all services available.
• 7 [BluOS Playlists]: When a BluOS playlist has been created, it will be found here. BluOS playlists are different from service-specific playlists since they can carry content from different services and local content in the same list.

Note: It is possible to customize the order of several of these items to fit the individual user. Press 'Customize Home' at the bottom of the page.

• 8 [Now Playing Control Bar]: Shows the currently playing content for the selected Player and gives quick access to play/pause and volume control. Pressing the Volume icon gives access to the Volume slide. Press on the Minibar to open the Now Playing overview.
• 9 [Bottom Navigation Bar]: Easy to access navigation for Home, Favourites, Music, Players, and Search.

The 'Now Playing' screen displays current playback information and controls. It includes options to switch between Now Playing and Play Queue views, view player details, quality indicators, context menus, and playback controls.

• 1 [Now Playing/Play Queue Switch]: Switch between Now Playing and Play Queue window.
• 2 [Player Name]: Indicates the name of the Player. Press the name to access the Player page for quick and easy grouping management.
• 3 [Playback Quality Indicator]: Shows the icon of the service or input playing, with a quality indicator. Press on the icon to change the view mode for more details about bit depth and sample rate.
• 4 [Context Menu]: Press the three dots [⋮] to see options for the currently playing song or station, such as: add as favourite, playlist or preset. Options depend on content and service.
• 5 [Playback Controls]: Control playback like play/pause and skip back and forward.

The Players section allows management of player volume, grouping, and audio settings. It includes options for creating fixed groups, adding new players, following music between rooms, accessing audio settings, grouping players, and controlling all players simultaneously.

• 1 [Fixed Groups and Add New Player]: Use to create a Fixed Group like a Stereo Pair, a Multi Group, or a Home Theater Group. Fixed Groups are used when multiple Players are configured to be shown and function as one Player in the App. Learn more. Use to add a new Player to the system. Learn more.
• 2 [Follow Me]: Use to move the currently playing music to another Player/Room.
• 3 [Audio Settings]: Access audio settings for the highlighted Player. Learn more.
• 4 [Group Icon]: Use to group players together when multiple Players have to play content simultaneously. Learn more.
• 5 [Control All Players]: Option to group all Players with one press or pause playback on all Players.

The Search function allows users to find content across various music services. It features a music service selector, a search bar, recent search history, and a dedicated search activation button.

• 1 [Music Service]: Switch to any available Music Service from this drop-down menu.
• 2 [Search Bar]: Press to open the keyboard. BluOS searches across Artist, Albums, Songs, Shows, Playlists, etc. The page will update the results as the user types. Hit the search button on the keyboard when typing is done.
• 3 [Recent Searches]: Use this to find the last 10 search items, for quick access to the results without typing. Use the 'Clear' button to clear the history.
• 4 [Search Button]: Press here to activate the keyboard when on the main page, or as a quick way to get back to the main search page when deep into a category.