It looks like Apple and Spotify, two rivals in the streaming music race, are actually beginning to play nice.
Spotify was able to use Siri thanks to the third-party audio integration now included in SiriKit as part of iOS 13. That allows you to say things like 'Play (album, track or playlist) on Spotify. Spotify and Apple are in talks over a potential 'truce' that would allow Siri to play songs, playlists, and albums from Spotify via voice commands from iPhone users, reports The Information.
Nearly two months after The Information first reported Spotify would be more seamlessly integrated into Apple's iOS, the big day is finally here. With its most recent update released Monday morning, version 8.5.26 of Spotify now has several new Apple-friendly options for users.
The big update is Siri controls for Spotify. The catch? You'll need to specify that you want to play the track 'with Spotify' or else Siri will (of course) default to playing either from the library on your device or Apple Music. The Siri controls are available across the Apple product family: iPhone, iPad, Carplay, AirPods, and HomePod via AirPlay.
There's also now a Spotify App for Apple TV users. And, in an extra little perk, Spotify will default to 'Data Saver' mode if you have your device's Low Data mode turned on.
While this seems like something of a detente between two rivals, there's a monetary reason behind the whole deal, because of course there is.
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Spotify filed a complaint with the European Commission back in March that alleged Apple was collecting too hefty a 'tax' from subscriptions made through Apple's App Store. They also alleged that if they didn't allow Apple to collect that 'tax,' Apple would make block Spotify from, well, a lot of the integrations the two just introduced. (Spotify is hardly the only company to make 'unfair competition' allegations against Apple.)
Spotify Siri Integration
Apple fired back, but the EU decided to launch an investigation into Apple's dealings anyway. And here we are.
For what it's worth, despite the Apple Music challenge, Spotify continues to outpace its competitors in terms of overall subscribers, further giving this move by Apple an air of, 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.'
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Siri is indeed getting smarter in iOS 12, just as had been previously rumored. Apple revealed a bunch of new features coming to its voice-based assistant at its WWDC keynote earlier this week, including a new Shortcuts feature that will let iPhone and iPad users initiate app-based actions via voice. Siri’s automation feature is based on Workflow, a startup that was recently acquired by Apple.
A new discovery reveals that Siri will be able to control streaming apps in iOS 12, other than Apple Music, thanks to help from Shortcuts. Free google home mini for spotify premium. TechCrunch reports that at a WWDC developer session this week, the company detailed a Play Media intent that’s coming to Siri Shortcuts.
Users will be able to use Siri to play audio and video from third-party apps like Spotify, for example.
Spotify App Download For Mac
Before you get too excited, you should know that Siri’s control over Spotify and other streaming apps won’t offer an experience as rich as Apple Music. Developers will have to integrate support for Shortcuts into their apps, and users will have to build their own Shortcuts recipes. But it’s certainly a step in the right direction.
Spotify Mac Download
The following clip shows you how you can create a Siri Shortcut using Workflow to play a favorite playlist on Spotify.
Well that's awesome pic.twitter.com/4iP9phUHcR
— Finn Gaida (@fga) June 5, 2018
Siri Play Spotify Macbook
Once set up on iPhone, the Shortcut would work on HomePod too, but you still need the iPhone to make it all possible. It’s not the full Spotify support that users have been clamoring for, and having to set it up yourself with Siri Shortcuts is a bit of a pain. It’s better than nothing, though!
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