In a nutshell: If you've never liked the fact that Siri would not play nicely with the Spotify app on your Apple Watch, today's your lucky day. The latest version of the Spotify watchOS app (8.5.52) now allows you to ask Siri to play specific groups or songs instead of just being able to launch the app.
The Spotify app for Apple Watch lets you stream Spotify directly from your wrist (Spotify Premium and Apple Watch Series 3 or later required), use your voice to control the playback with Siri, and to connect and control playback to any other Spotify Connect enabled device. Listen absolutely free with ads, or get Spotify Premium. I'd like to ask about anyone knows about spotify having any plans on developing a third-party app for apple watch users to stream spotify with cellular function or to download tracks via spotify for the. Since updating to watchOS 7.0.1 on my S5 I've noticed that if Spotify is running on my iPhone — not playing anything just running in the background — the Now Playing screen is what's on my watch face when I wake it up. The Music app doesn't do this, just Spotify. Auto-launch Audio Apps is disabled. I have to force close Spotify to get rid. To stream Spotify directly from your wrist, you’ll need an Apple Watch Series 3 or later, with watchOS 6.0+ (recommended 7.1+) and either a cellular connection or Wi-Fi, a Spotify website notes. Spotify Apple Watch app - watch as source There was a 9to5 article confirming that Spotify was testing the ability to stream from the watch for users. It seems as if it’s A/B testing unfortunately.
Spotify finally added Siri integration to its watchOS app. It was a quiet addition, with the feature being the only change to the latest iteration of the widget. Spotify did not even announce it on its blog, instead just listing it in the 'What's New' section of the description on the App Store.
With the launch of iOS 13 last fall, Apple added the ability to tell Siri to launch apps, but you still could not control them with your voice. However, SiriKit APIs had only just released with the new version, so it took developers a bit to add Siri integration into the iPhone app.
As for Spotify on watchOS, it did not share that ability, which is somewhat annoying since having voice integration on the watch makes even more sense than having it on the phone. Apple changed all that with watchOS 6, and Thursday, Spotify updated its software accordingly.
Now you can say something like, 'Hey Siri, play The Beatles on Spotify,' and you'll get a random playlist of Beatles tunes. You can also get more specific — insert the song name you want to hear, and it plays. Previously anything but 'Hey Siri, launch Spotify,' got you 'I'm sorry. I can't do that on your Apple Watch.'
The feature is sure to be welcome to Apple Watch users who fumble with their phones trying to pick a song while out for a jog or while otherwise having their hands occupied. As long as your iOS, watchOS, and Spotify app are up-to-date, you can start using the feature right now.