Spotify is there because that’s a requirement that Spotify makes.
As for NAS, like ChrisSU said. (Though personally I never understand what this would be good for. I’d switch to NAS input on the remote, and then? How would I choose what to play?)
Scrolling through 2000 albums with the remote on the Uniti display? Or to a Genre and then there are still hundreds of albums in there? I just can’t imagine it.
But if it worked on older ones, and some people used it, it is curious that it was removed. Probably Naim had a reason but it might help the users of the feature if Naim said what it was
I’d assume some kind of alphabetical ‘old-fashioned’ tiered menu search, functional but not ‘modern’.
Suspect thousands might be split into smaller groups, A-E, F-J etc which then might be further subdivided. You’d need some kind of tree structure to search more quickly for something in particular rather than a long list - if a ‘word search’ was employed most on-screen ‘keyboards’ are frustrating at best.
It would be interesting if either the remote volume ring or the volume dial on top, assuming they are just inputs, could be used to scroll through a list of choices quickly.
By pressing a letter in the remote you go to the first artist (or album) and then ok and you have the next list… Fast, simple, crisp and I like the remote in hand, you do not need to master an app, you just develop the feeling of three or four buttons and you go, even in the dark.
Of course Genre is not the best folder to navigate, I always recommend to avoid the worst case.
OK, this would not work for me at all. Way too large library, it would be like navigating the phone menu of a support hotline. And wouldn’t even be able to see the text from the couch. Oh well, to each their own
Yes, it is disappointing and not what I was expecting as my old Qute was able to be controlled by the remote. Also, reading the manual, led me to think that it could be shown and managed by the remote.