‘Hey Spotify’ is another hands-free way to control your music, rolling out now
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If you want to pull up your favorite Spotify track or playlist without pressing buttons, there is no shortage of voice assistants to help you get those jams, including Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, and even Bixby. But now, Spotify has its own hands-free wake word: “Hey Spotify” appears to be rolling out on Android and iOS, as tested by
The Verge.
Frankly, it’s a little less handy than some of the native voice assistants built into your phone because you need to
Back in 2019, Spotify showed a test device that supposedly will study the way people use the music streaming app inside a car. It was called Car Thing and had a small display, controls, and even had support for voice commands. But what they kept saying was that this is not an actual product that […]
The rumour of Spotify working on a car player has appeared ages ago. Now, someone has found out the render of the car player which is dubbed
A new look at Spotify s Car Thing show a large display and large knob.
An earlier look at the device shows a much smaller, circular display.
It s not entirely clear how Spotify plans to differentiate the device from other car infotainment systems.
Spotify is not a hardware company, nor does it seem to want to be. The company does well enough as one of the best music players on Android and is dedicated to offering a complete listening experience for its subscribers. As it turns out, hardware might actually be one of the ways the company can do this, and while the company has teased a hardware device in the past, a new look at the Car Thing shows that the company has been busy tweaking its design.
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