I will by no means take heed to Spotify in my automobile the identical manner after studying this trick

Spotify Jam is a collaborative function inside the Spotify music streaming service that enables a number of folks to affix collectively to share a single, unified music queue. When a Jam session is going down, everybody with the app put in on their cellphone is ready to choose between songs, change tracks, and management audio playback.

As a Spotify Premium consumer, I have been having fun with the flexibility to host Jam periods at dwelling since its release in 2023. The most effective half is that non-Premium members can nonetheless be a part of the group, as long as they’ve signed up for a free account. Inside the context of a home celebration or different social gathering, Jam is the best software for vibing out to some ambient tunes.

Again in early July of this yr, Spotify lastly introduced its in style Jam function to Android Auto by way of an over-the-air (OTA) software program replace. For me, this was a very long time coming: Jam is completely analogous to the old-school follow of passing round “aux twine privilege,” throughout street journeys, however with out the trouble of tangled-up cables and coping with 3.5mm headphone jack dongles and adapters.

Spotify Jam and Android Auto had been made for one another

My street journeys won’t ever be the identical once more

With the porting over of Spotify Jam to Android Auto, my on-the-road commutes have change into extra full of life and interactive than ever. As somebody who usually travels from level A to level B with mates, members of the family, and colleagues within the passenger and again seats, it is nice to have the ability to collaborate on an ongoing playlist of tunes that speaks to everybody’s individualized tastes.

The setup stream for Jam is as easy and intuitive because it will get: because the host, I can shortly provoke the method by tapping Now Enjoying > Jam on my automobile’s infotainment show panel. From right here, a QR code seems on the display, which passengers can then scan to affix in on the enjoyable.

Because the host, I will manually add or take away visitors from the Jam session, and all energetic visitors are capable of play / pause / skip tracks at will. Visitors can even rearrange the queue and add extra songs by way of search or by choosing them from the conveniently out there Group Suggestions part.

A curious quirk of the system is that, because the host, I am the one one that may change the amount degree of playback by means of the appliance on my cellphone. After all, the individual sitting within the passenger seat can all the time alter the amount by way of the bodily knob on my automobile’s sprint, however it’s unusual to me that back-seat passengers cannot enhance or lower the decibels until I hand them my cellphone to take action remotely.

In any case, I am glad to lastly have Spotify’s Jam function out there whereas out on the street by way of Android Auto. With the function additionally being out there on Apple CarPlay-compatible autos, I anticipate a surge in collaborative playlist making over the course of the approaching months and years.