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

Spotify Jam is a collaborative characteristic inside the Spotify music streaming service that enables a number of individuals to affix collectively to share a single, unified music queue. When a Jam session is happening, everybody with the app put in on their cellphone is ready to decide between songs, swap tracks, and management audio playback.

As a Spotify Premium person, I have been having fun with the flexibility to host Jam periods at dwelling since its release in 2023. The perfect half is that non-Premium members can nonetheless be part of the group, as long as they’ve signed up for a free account. Throughout the context of a home occasion 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 widespread Jam characteristic 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 vigorous 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 movement 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 company from the Jam session, and all lively company are capable of play / pause / skip tracks at will. Company can even rearrange the queue and add extra songs by way of search or by selecting them from the conveniently obtainable Group Suggestions part.

A curious quirk of the system is that, because the host, I am the one one that may change the quantity stage of playback by way of the appliance on my cellphone. After all, the particular person sitting within the passenger seat can at all times alter the quantity by way of the bodily knob on my automobile’s sprint, but it surely’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 characteristic obtainable whereas out on the street by way of Android Auto. With the characteristic additionally being obtainable on Apple CarPlay-compatible autos, I count on a surge in collaborative playlist making over the course of the approaching months and years.