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Siri is finally getting integrated into Spotify, so you can use the voice assistant to play songs, albums, and playlists. That’s made possible by new features added into iOS 13 by Apple.
That also means that other third-party music apps are now as simple to use as Apple Music via Siri.
Spotify is getting a Siri integration so you can ‘Hey Siri’ all your favorite jams
Spotify is gaining Siri support in the coming weeks, so you can play your music completely hands-free. That’s thanks to the new SiriKit API included in iOS 13, which lets third-party music apps interact with Siri in much the way Apple Music does.
It’s about time that Apple made it so other music apps could use Siri as its controls. Maybe this change was proactive by Apple, in light of the current antitrust investigations into all of the so-called “big tech” companies. Locking third-party apps out of Siri certainly feels anti-competitive to me.
- The new feature works on AirPods or iPhones, but not on Apple Watch as it doesn’t have a dedicated Spotify app
- Check it out in action
If you’re a beta Spotify user, the integration should available now. The public builds of Spotify should get the upgrade in the next few weeks.
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