When I first tried this, even though my iPhone app "looked" like it was updated it was not.  I had to go to the app store and update it, works fine now.

I also have a 10" Amazon Fire tablet that I had rooted to put the Play Store on it.  I downloaded the Qobuz app and it worked great.  After reading the post above, I tried again and it didn’t work?  I rebooted my tablet and now it works fine.  Maybe they are fixing some early bugs or something, but it now works on both my iPhone and tablet.

I also rebooted my device, (WiiM Ultra), my iPhone & my tablet just to be sure...

What is Qobuz Connect ?

Qobuz Connect is a feature that allows you to control music playback remotely. From the Qobuz app, you can start and manage playback on a compatible device connected to the same network (speaker, amplifier, streamer..) without relying on another app or using Bluetooth. This ensures the highest audio quality and allows you to take full advantage of all the features Qobuz as to offer.

Qobuz Connect lets you remotely control compatible devices using a dedicated Qobuz protocol, ensuring optimal audio quality (bit-perfect, with no protocol limitations). It offers seamless playback with no interruptions, thanks to a shared queue across Qobuz apps, and allows you to control one Qobuz app from another (for example, controlling the desktop app from the mobile app). You also get the full Qobuz experience, including all features and editorial content, directly on your Hi-Fi equipment.

@996turbo911...if you're talking about using Qobuz Connect on an iPhone or Android phone or tablet as a remote so you can control your computer, no, the MAC and/or PC doesn't show up in the list.  Probably because the Qobuz App is already on the computer, like @lanx0003 stated.

This would only be an issue, if your computer is in a different room...

It also gives you all of the features of the direct app.  Like reviews, editorial content, more info than what a 3rd party app does.  Kinda like Roon, but maybe not as extensive.

@jimintally...I was confused too.  This is the way it was explained to me from a software developer:

Any 3rd party app, (Innous Sense, Bluesound BluOS, WiiM, etc) has to be connected to the service, (Qobuz, Tidal, Spotify, etc) or you wouldn’t be able to get into it.  No playlists or albums or anything, so it’s not just a remote control.  That set of programming protocols are different, (and limited) to allow this to happen.

A "connect" feature is directly connected to the service, (via a different set of protocols) that allow all of the features and sound quality, just like using the main app.

None of the apps, (3rd party or connect) pass the actual audio through the phone or iPad, unless you are using Bluetooth or Airplay, (or using the device as the actual streamer).

The main benefits of using the "connect" feature are "supposed" to be better audio/sound quality and getting all the features that the main app has to offer.

You are absolutely right that these "connect" features ONLY work on the service they are programmed for, so if you switch a lot between services or music stored locally, you have to use the device's app.

Hope this helps a little...

I've been using Qobuz Connect for a week now. I was a Qobuz Beta tester and a charter member of the Qobuz Club, (I was also a Tidal Beta tester), so I have a little bit more inside info than most.

One of the top reasons to use a "connect" feature whether it's from Spotify or Tidal or Qobuz is better sound quality. There are some on here that say that's not true...research it, if you don't believe it. It has to do with the programming protocols used. Also another benefit is you get all the features the full blown app has.

In my system, in my room, with my equipment and my ears, I hear an increase in depth and width of the soundstage and more bass attack, (I was going to say bass "punch", but attack is the correct word). I was using the WiiM app, so this is compared to that app.

I've had no problems with dropouts or static or any other abnormalities using Qobuz Connect. It has been very stable and issue free.

I'm sold on it.

Here are a few tips that I learned:

1. Even if you "think" you have the latest version(s), spend the couple of minutes to verify. I thought I was current...only to find out I wasn't.

2. Reboot all devices, i.e. phone/tablet/streamer

3. It takes a few seconds after initial install/reboot for all the parameters to filter through, be patient.

@jbuhl 

The apps run on the phone or tablet or computer.

The "Connect" app takes a step away.

i.e.  Phone/Tablet>Wiim app>qobuz within the Wiim app

       Phone/Tablet>Qobuz app w/Connect

Most streamers will have their own app (or a 3rd party app).  Qobuz has to be inside that app to work.  The Connect feature is one less set of programming protocols.

@lollipopguild...great question.  I’ll ask one of the programmer/techs.  I know that 99% of the people I have talked to, say they hear an increase in sound quality, so I’m not sure.  It might have to do with "where" in the digital signal chain the volume is controlled from, but I’m just guessing.

I know on my WiiM and Bluesound app, I could also control the volume, so Qobuz Connect is still a more direct access than a 3rd party...

Also, both the streamer's software and Qobuz Connect software have to work together, so there will be a few bugs and tweeks to work out along the way from both ends.