I will by no means hearken to Spotify in my automotive the identical manner after studying this trick

Spotify Jam is a collaborative function throughout the Spotify music streaming service that permits a number of folks to hitch 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 choose 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 residence since its release in 2023. One of the best 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 device for vibing out to some ambient tunes.

Again in early July of this yr, Spotify lastly introduced its widespread Jam function to Android Auto through 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 wire privilege,” throughout highway journeys, however with out the effort 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 highway 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 develop into extra energetic and interactive than ever. As somebody who usually travels from level A to level B with pals, relations, 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 move 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 automotive’s infotainment show panel. From right here, a QR code seems on the display screen, which passengers can then scan to hitch in on the enjoyable.

Because the host, I will manually add or take away company from the Jam session, and all lively company are in a position to play / pause / skip tracks at will. Company may rearrange the queue and add extra songs through 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 applying on my cellphone. After all, the individual sitting within the passenger seat can all the time alter the quantity through the bodily knob on my automotive’s sprint, but it surely’s unusual to me that back-seat passengers cannot improve 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 obtainable whereas out on the highway through Android Auto. With the function 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.