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TL;DR
- Gemini is getting a brand new Spotify extension to develop its music streaming choices.
- The extension will help you seek for, play, and browse music on Spotify utilizing voice instructions.
- The extension isn’t seen but, however the official help web page is dwell, hinting at an imminent rollout.
Google’s Gemini is increasing its help for extensions, permitting customers to work together with extra third-party apps utilizing the voice assistant. Till now, Gemini has primarily supplied a YouTube Music extension for music streaming wants, however it seems to be like Spotify is becoming a member of in on the enjoyable. (through 9to5Google)
The Android Authority group reported about Gemini’s Spotify extension again in August, though it’s not but seen within the Gemini extensions listing. Nonetheless, Google has launched an official help web page detailing how customers can set it up and what to anticipate. This implies the characteristic is on the verge of turning into publicly out there.
Establishing Spotify with Gemini
To get began, customers must hyperlink their Spotify account to their Google Account. For those who’ve already performed this via one other Google service, you’re a step forward. In any other case, connecting the 2 is simple:
- Ask Gemini to play, search, or browse music on Spotify.
- In case your Spotify account isn’t linked, Gemini will immediate you to set it up.
As soon as arrange, the combination permits for a wide range of music-related duties. Customers can request Gemini to play songs, albums, or playlists from Spotify or seek for tracks primarily based on artist names, lyrics, or genres. A few of the examples shared by Google embrace:
- Play my Spotify playlist known as [name of the playlist].
- Seek for a Spotify playlist with enjoyable music.
- Play [song name] by [artist name] on Spotify.
- Seek for [artist name] songs
- Seek for the track that goes [lyrics]
- Discover a Spotify playlist with [genre, mood, activity] music
For those who’ve linked a number of music companies to Gemini, it defaults to the one you final used until you specify a unique service in your request. To keep away from confusion, you’ll be able to explicitly identify Spotify or use the “@Spotify” point out when asking Gemini to play music.
Again in August, we have been in a position to get the Spotify extension engaged on Gemini. As you’ll be able to see within the video above, Gemini briefly displayed a YouTube Music data card earlier than redirecting playback to Spotify. Notably, Gemini was in a position to play music through Spotify within the background with no need to launch the Spotify app instantly. We are able to anticipate the core performance of the extension to stay the identical within the publically out there model as nicely.
The help web page signifies that the Spotify extension will initially be restricted to Android units, with Gemini’s language set to English. Moreover, functionalities akin to playlist creation and radio station management usually are not at the moment supported. The extension will even not be out there in Gemini on Google Messages, the online app, or on iOS units.
