Yes. Once a song counts as played (half of it or 4 minutes, whichever is shorter), Primuse reports the play to the server the song came from: Navidrome, Subsonic and similar servers as before, and now also Jellyfin and Emby (play count and recently played) and Plex (play count). These three only get finished plays, never “now playing”. The switch “Send Music Plays to Servers” in “Settings” › “Scrobble” is on by default and covers music only. Audiobooks and other spoken word are always reported; on Jellyfin, Emby and Plex only once a file has played to the end.
Open “Settings” › “Scrobble” and make sure “Send Music Plays to Servers” is on. It’s on this page on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
Just listen: a song must be at least 30 seconds long and actually play for half its length or 4 minutes. Skipped parts don’t count. Synology Audio Station can’t receive plays.
If a report doesn’t get through (offline, timeout, server error), iPhone, iPad and Mac resend it later with the original play time. Reports refused for sign-in or by the server aren’t resent.
Resends run when the network returns or you reopen the app, for up to 30 days and 500 plays; Plex records the arrival time. They’re not in the “Failed Queue”, which is for Last.fm and ListenBrainz.
Audiobooks and other spoken word are reported whatever the switch says; Navidrome, Subsonic and similar get them like music. “Mark as Finished” and finishes from other devices aren’t sent.
Jellyfin, Emby and Plex mark an audiobook file played only when it plays to the end on this device, so its resume point isn’t cleared early. Audiobookshelf and Ting Reader sync their own progress.
Overview
Yes. Once a song counts as played (half of it or 4 minutes, whichever is shorter), Primuse reports the play to the server the song came from: Navidrome, Subsonic and similar servers as before, and now also Jellyfin and Emby (play count and recently played) and Plex (play count). These three only get finished plays, never “now playing”. The switch “Send Music Plays to Servers” in “Settings” › “Scrobble” is on by default and covers music only. Audiobooks and other spoken word are always reported; on Jellyfin, Emby and Plex only once a file has played to the end.
Steps
- Open “Settings” › “Scrobble” and make sure “Send Music Plays to Servers” is on. It’s on this page on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
- Just listen: a song must be at least 30 seconds long and actually play for half its length or 4 minutes. Skipped parts don’t count. Synology Audio Station can’t receive plays.
- If a report doesn’t get through (offline, timeout, server error), iPhone, iPad and Mac resend it later with the original play time. Reports refused for sign-in or by the server aren’t resent.
- Resends run when the network returns or you reopen the app, for up to 30 days and 500 plays; Plex records the arrival time. They’re not in the “Failed Queue”, which is for Last.fm and ListenBrainz.
- Audiobooks and other spoken word are reported whatever the switch says; Navidrome, Subsonic and similar get them like music. “Mark as Finished” and finishes from other devices aren’t sent.
- Jellyfin, Emby and Plex mark an audiobook file played only when it plays to the end on this device, so its resume point isn’t cleared early. Audiobookshelf and Ting Reader sync their own progress.