Sure, you can AirPlay from the Spotify app (though there are glitches with stereo pairs - a story for another day…), but then you’re giving up all the smart speaker benefits.
At present, HomePod only really makes sense if you are an Apple Music subscriber. Second, extending this to HomePod would create a whole new customer base. Making customers happy is kind of customer service 101. I think Apple would be doing itself a favor on three counts, with almost no downside.įirst, those customers who prefer Spotify will be very happy with the change. That would benefit many of Apple’s customers, but what about Apple itself? It might seem that Apple would be shooting itself in the foot to help a competing streaming service in this way. Having done that once, they could then use much simpler commands: It would be much more convenient for Spotify users if they could simply select Spotify as their default music player. That’s partly because Spotify has a better selection of tango music, and partly because I don’t want tango to screw up my Apple Music recommendations.īut if Spotify is your preferred or only music service, you’re forced to use somewhat clunky language. In my case, I use Spotify for tango music and Apple Music for everything else. Which is fine if, like me, your preferred music service is Apple Music, with Spotify as a secondary option. Omit the Spotify part, and the device will default to Apple Music. With short versions likely also possible, along the lines of: Spotify may be asking Apple to allow iPhone and HomePod users to set Spotify as their default music player.Īs things stand, SiriKit music commands would need to be prefixed or suffixed by an instruction to use the Spotify app. However, there is one rather more radical possibility… There was something of a mystery report this week.Īpple and Spotify are reportedly in talks over potentially allowing Spotify users to control music playback with Siri Īccording to The Information, Spotify and Apple are discussing a “plan” that would “let iPhone users tell Siri to play songs, playlists, and albums with voice commands.” These conversations reportedly stem from new APIs in iOS 13 that make it possible for developers of audio apps to integrate with Siri.Īs we noted, it’s unclear why that would require talks, as the SiriKit APIs will allow Spotify or anyone else to take advantage of Siri for music requests.
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