Remote control phone app from watch?

[Dave-inParkCity]

I'm an avid skiier and backcountry skiier.

I always have my (android) phone with me, and i would prefer to always do tracking on the strava phone app.. but i would prefer to just interact with my (pixel) watch to start and stop recording.

I wish i could use the watch app to remotely trigger my nearby phone to start tracking.. (with heartrate from the watch). Because my phone has more battery to wakeup more often, and better gps reception. 

Does anyone else want this? 

[Bryant]

Thanks for submitting your idea. It has been reviewed by our moderation team and is now open to voting.

[Jane]

Hello. We wanted to let you know that your idea submission from January of 2023 will be archived. While this idea is interesting, we don’t have any immediate plans to implement this and currently aren’t able to prioritize this idea.

Please note that your feedback is valuable to Strava. As stated in our Community Idea Guidelines, we receive many idea submissions each week, and realistically, there may be various reasons that prevent us from including an idea on our Product Roadmap.  

We want to thank you for taking the time to submit your idea and we look forward to your continued contributions to the Strava Community.