Spotify said that, “Bringing these highly anticipated new features to Car Thing is part of Spotify’s ongoing commitment to building a truly frictionless experience for users across devices – whether in the car, at home, or on the go.”Įxisting Car Thing users will have these updates rolled out for iOS users automatically. This feature is available wherever “Hey Spotify” is available. For example, say “Hey Spotify, play cozy Sunday RnB,” and we’ll do our best to instantly create a personalized playlist from your request. Use voice to get a personalized playlist for any mood – Simply ask for any genre, mood, or activity that describes the kind of music you want to hear.View your queue: Say “Hey Spotify, open my queue” or press and keep holding the dial when in the “Now Playing” view.Request music with Voice: Just say “Hey Spotify, queue ‘ drivers license’” or whatever track you’d like to listen to next!.With the dial: When you have a track highlighted, press and keep holding the dial-one press will play, while pressing and holding will add to the queue.With touch: Tap the “Add to queue” icon next to a track in your track list.

You can access it in a few different ways: Add to queue – One of our most requested features-the ability to queue additional songs and podcasts-is also now available.Easily switch back to Spotify by using presets, or voice, or simply tapping the screen. Control other media – You can now play and control other media on the Car Thing device.Answer phone calls seamlessly – You can now see, answer, and dismiss incoming calls via Car Thing.Car Thing also connects to and now mirrors your phone, giving you access to more functionality. With these updates, you’ll now be able to answer phone calls on Car Thing, queue songs and podcasts, and display and control other media. Car Thing makes it simpler to play exactly what you want, thanks to the intuitive product interface and the ease of using “Hey Spotify” to control what you want to listen to. Spotify Car Thing gets new features in an upgrade to its smart player that was officially released in February in the US.

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