Your Gemini AI assistant can now play music from Spotify
Google Gemini is getting a new extension that allows the app to play and search for songs from the Spotify app. The new feature is supported by the Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant on compatible Android devices. It allows users to link their Spotify account to their Google account and use the AI-powered virtual assistant to request music by song, album, artist, playlist and more. However, certain app-based features require a Spotify Premium subscription.
Gemini gets Spotify extension
In his support pageGoogle has detailed the new extension for the Gemini app. Notably, this much-requested capability for the AI assistant comes six months after the tech giant rolled out an extension to integrate YouTube Music features. If a user has connected both Spotify and YouTube Music and does not specify the app in their request, Gemini will use the last used music service.
The company emphasized that the Spotify extension is not available in Gemini in Google Messages, the Gemini web app, or the iOS app. It also won’t work unless the Gemini app on Android is set to English language and the user has enabled the Gemini Apps activity. Additionally, users can only play specific songs in the app if they have a Spotify Premium subscription.
With this new capability, users ask the AI assistant to play a song, album or playlist and request music for an occasion or activity. Additionally, they can search for songs by an artist’s name and lyrics, or find a playlist by genre, mood or activity. However, Gemini currently cannot create a Spotify playlist or radio.
To connect Spotify to the Gemini app, users must first log into their Spotify account and then link it to their Google account. Once done, users can open the Gemini app, tap their profile photo and go to Extensions. There they can manually enable the Spotify option.
Although Google has announced that it is rolling out the extension, it may take up to two weeks before it is available to all users worldwide.
