Spotify is bringing its coolest social listening feature to Android Auto

Spotify is bringing its coolest social listening feature to Android Auto

Spotify Jam on Android Auto

  • Spotify Jam, the collaborative real-time playlist feature, will soon launch on Android Auto and cars with Google built-in.
  • The Jam feature will leverage Google’s new media app templates in the Android for Cars App Library, allowing for safer, distraction-free in-car use.
  • Users will soon be able to initiate or join Spotify Jam sessions via QR code and then control playback through their phones.

One of the reasons I am still locked into Spotify is the amazing Spotify Jam feature. This allows me to listen to music with my friends through a shared playlist that any of us can control and modify in real time. Apple Music has SharePlay, but only on iOS devices, whereas Spotify is far more universal. Spotify is now on track to make the feature even more universal, as the app will expand Spotify Jam to Android Auto and cars with Google built-in.

As part of the Google I/O session on new in-car app experiences, Google announced new media app templates (that we stumbled upon previously) that are now part of the Android for Cars App Library.