Start music player from watch - Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi. I noticed I get a music player card on the watchface when playing music (native android music player), but I still have to initiate from phone. I tried a plethora of voice commands, but only succeded in opening up obscure youtube flix or google searches.
Is there a command i missed, is there a widget, do I need to use google music?
Thx in advance

I think it depends on what music player you are using. Spotify works using the "Ok Google". I use Tasker + Autowear for quick access to music players, apps, etc. If Google Now doesn't recognize your voice well, you can try to train it or try the non-voice options.

So which are the non voice options? I'd rather go with them tbh. I use native android music player.

I went and got tasker + wear tasker. Not altogether happy with the latter, but it works.

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