Yamaha’s MusicCast System Gets Major Functionality Update
Yamaha’s MusicCast wireless music system has received a major functionality update via the MusicCast app, highlighting Yamaha’s ongoing commitment to MusicCast.
Yamaha says its latest app overhaul has focused more on the user experience than the product itself and considers how customers use their MusicCast system.
RECENTS
A key change is a move towards ‘Recents’ – the most recently used room, recent sources, and recent music. Maximising the ability to link rooms or change system settings, these frequently used functions are now more readily available from the main control screen.
Opening the app takes the user directly to the most recently used room with direct access to the recent sources (showing up to 4 recently used sources), recent music (up to 8 recents) and the ‘now playing’ mini menu. A tap of the ‘now playing’ mini menu will expand to full-screen operation.
ROUTINES
Another major introduction is the inclusion of ‘Routines’. Routines allow users to create a listening session based on their ‘routine’. For example, waking in the morning might include turning on the system in the bedroom or bathroom, then having that audio linked to the kitchen at their own specific volume settings and playing the local radio station.
This is all set up using the current states of the chosen devices and then simply saved as a ‘Routine’ via the now easily accessible ‘Routines’ menu. For convenience, a ‘Leaving Home’ routine is already included, which is an ‘all power off’ function for any connected MusicCast device.
CONVENIENCE
Transitioning between rooms is now easier with a drop-down icon accessible from the current room within the app. When all rooms are visible, functions such as ‘All Power Off’, ‘All Mute On’ and ‘Volume’ remain fixed at the top of the app, making system control accessible all the time.
In addition, room settings are easily accessible from the main room screen rather than buried deeper into the app. New devices can also be added directly from this screen.
In the main ‘Now Playing’ menu, options such as favourites and queue have been added to greater playback customisation.
MusicCast has a product that works seamlessly through each area of your home, from AV receivers to soundbars and wireless speakers. MusicCast represents the cutting-edge of audio technology and trademark sound quality that Yamaha is renowned for.
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