New to Nokia Lumia 930, from Galaxy S3

[Michael N Rhonda Davidson]

To day I started my new contract and decided to try a Windows phone Lumia 930)instead of the Android ones I have used for the last four years. It has only been the first day but I am a tad disappointed in what I am missing. This phone is definitely a better quality build and I have a windows computer and windows tablet, so I wanted to complete the ecosystem.
These are my initial gripes and maybe I just haven't found a solution yet.

• YouTube app
• Sports Tracker app I use is inferior to Android one
• Can't play MKV movies
• Can't find a suitable music player to play music
• Google Play app missing (I have a huge music collection in Google play)

The following have worked well

• Contacts, calendar all synced across well
• The MSN Health and Fitness app looks to be good
• Love Bing News app
• The Lumia 930 looks cool and learning its intricacies' is fun

I'd appreciate any suggestions or good links I can go to to help me get more out of this beautiful piece of hardware.
Thanks

 

[jnbnb]

For youtube you can download metrotube, it's quite good.
Phone's music player is often getting updates.
Endomondo (sports tracker) has a clean design and works fine for me.
No google play here, I think that onedrive will support music files.

 

[Bleeh]

For Google Music, there's an app that works: CloudMuzik.
Sport tracking: Endomondo is cool, you also have Run The Map
To play mkv: you have Moliplayer Pro, it can read mkv as far as I know. Not free though.

 

[FearL0rd]

To day I started my new contract and decided to try a Windows phone Lumia 930)instead of the Android ones I have used for the last four years. It has only been the first day but I am a tad disappointed in what I am missing. This phone is definitely a better quality build and I have a windows computer and windows tablet, so I wanted to complete the ecosystem.
These are my initial gripes and maybe I just haven't found a solution yet.

• YouTube app
• Sports Tracker app I use is inferior to Android one
• Can't play MKV movies
• Can't find a suitable music player to play music
• Google Play app missing (I have a huge music collection in Google play)

The following have worked well

• Contacts, calendar all synced across well
• The MSN Health and Fitness app looks to be good
• Love Bing News app
• The Lumia 930 looks cool and learning its intricacies' is fun

I'd appreciate any suggestions or good links I can go to to help me get more out of this beautiful piece of hardware.
Thanks

I like better Runtastic

 

[watchaa]

For YouTube, grab the app called MyTube, it's the best

 

[Rodrigo Mendes]

To day I started my new contract and decided to try a Windows phone Lumia 930)instead of the Android ones I have used for the last four years. It has only been the first day but I am a tad disappointed in what I am missing. This phone is definitely a better quality build and I have a windows computer and windows tablet, so I wanted to complete the ecosystem.
These are my initial gripes and maybe I just haven't found a solution yet.

• YouTube app
• Sports Tracker app I use is inferior to Android one
• Can't play MKV movies
• Can't find a suitable music player to play music
• Google Play app missing (I have a huge music collection in Google play)

The following have worked well

• Contacts, calendar all synced across well
• The MSN Health and Fitness app looks to be good
• Love Bing News app
• The Lumia 930 looks cool and learning its intricacies' is fun

I'd appreciate any suggestions or good links I can go to to help me get more out of this beautiful piece of hardware.
Thanks

Youtube app. Did you even try to search for "YOUTUBE" on marketplace? There's a LOT of Youtube apps, most of them with almost 5 stars. Just choose one. MyTube is my favorite.

What you need in a Music Player? Android experience is a lot worst. I don't understand here.

MKV only with third apps for now. MoliPlayer is my favorite.

 

[Ignition1]

To day I started my new contract and decided to try a Windows phone Lumia 930)instead of the Android ones I have used for the last four years. It has only been the first day but I am a tad disappointed in what I am missing. This phone is definitely a better quality build and I have a windows computer and windows tablet, so I wanted to complete the ecosystem.
These are my initial gripes and maybe I just haven't found a solution yet.

• YouTube app
• Sports Tracker app I use is inferior to Android one
• Can't play MKV movies
• Can't find a suitable music player to play music
• Google Play app missing (I have a huge music collection in Google play)

The following have worked well

• Contacts, calendar all synced across well
• The MSN Health and Fitness app looks to be good
• Love Bing News app
• The Lumia 930 looks cool and learning its intricacies' is fun

I'd appreciate any suggestions or good links I can go to to help me get more out of this beautiful piece of hardware.
Thanks

I did the same as you, moved from a Galaxy S3 to the Lumia 930. Though I'm embedded in MS services already (Outlook, OneDrive etc.) so that was really easy to get up and running. I agree with some of your points. Not sure about the Google Play Store (I doubt you'll see that on a Windows Phone...ever) and the Sports Tracker.

The YouTube applications are terrible in comparison to the Android and iOS official YouTube apps, absolutely no question about that for me - they're half as functional and all of them can be bit sloppy/slow and tricky to use. But they show YouTube videos eventually so it does the job there. WP is sorely missing a YouTube official app.

The Xbox Music app is pretty good, but I HATE the fact that the seek bar is so small...why not use the full width of the screen?? I don't mind a small seek bar if they allow you to change the "scrubbing" speed like you can on Android and iOS, maybe it's an incoming feature.

I don't miss much at all from the Galaxy S3 though. That phone was bloated and sluggish after 2 years of ownership - I couldn't do Android again after that.

 

[satrus08]

To day I started my new contract and decided to try a Windows phone Lumia 930)instead of the Android ones I have used for the last four years. It has only been the first day but I am a tad disappointed in what I am missing. This phone is definitely a better quality build and I have a windows computer and windows tablet, so I wanted to complete the ecosystem.
These are my initial gripes and maybe I just haven't found a solution yet.

• YouTube app
• Sports Tracker app I use is inferior to Android one
• Can't play MKV movies
• Can't find a suitable music player to play music
• Google Play app missing (I have a huge music collection in Google play)

The following have worked well

• Contacts, calendar all synced across well
• The MSN Health and Fitness app looks to be good
• Love Bing News app
• The Lumia 930 looks cool and learning its intricacies' is fun

I'd appreciate any suggestions or good links I can go to to help me get more out of this beautiful piece of hardware.
Thanks

I have an android tablet, and a windows phone. Imo I like YouTube on WP better thanks to a third party app called mytube, search it up.

For music, check out
-modern music
Or
-zbox

Both amazing apps.

All the best

 

[envio]

I can't honestly say I've missed an official Google YouTube app. I admit that for some people, it's either official or bust but there are some excellent alternatives. I have Metrotube myself and it has all I need in a Youtube app. But also remember that your 930 comes with IE11 so most of the YT links in m.youtube.com work in-line through the browser because of the HTML5 support. I find myself using Metrotube even less now but that's just me.

 

[maverick786us]

I don't known what you guys find wrong with MetroTube application? It is as good as any other you tube application that iOS and Android offers.

 

[a5cent]

^ I'd say it's better. Just as functional but without ads and the ability to download vids.

 

[flattie]

Mytube is a very nice alternative YouTube app. I'm comfortable saying I probably prefer it to the native Android YouTube app.

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[colinkiama]

Btw you should have an update that gives you folders and cortana depending on the country you live. Check it out in settings > phone updates