TL;DR
- Spotify’s newest Android Auto replace brings the Jam characteristic to automotive shows, letting mates take part and contribute music.
- The characteristic permits passengers to hitch a shared music queue by scanning a QR code on the in-car display.
- The most recent replace for Spotify on Android Auto additionally improves offline listening and provides a floating search button for simpler entry.
Spotify’s Android Auto app simply obtained an essential improve, including the favored Jam characteristic to the in-car expertise.
Jam permits a number of Spotify customers to pay attention collectively in actual time and is now out there immediately from Spotify’s Now Enjoying display on Android Auto.
When music is taking part in, the Android Auto show exhibits a QR code that passengers can scan to hitch the Jam session and add tracks to the shared queue. The motive force acts because the host and retains management of the Jam session, with the flexibility to take away any contributors at any time.
This marks the primary time Spotify Jam is out there on a automotive interface. Spotify beforehand made Jam out there to desktop customers. It’s additionally essential to notice that it’s essential be a Spotify Premium subscriber to begin or host a Jam. Nonetheless, free customers can be a part of and add songs to the Jam.
Google introduced the Android Auto redesign for Spotify as a part of its new in-car experiences at I/O 2025, and confirmed the characteristic will even arrive on autos with Google built-in at a later stage.
Other than Jam, the redesigned Spotify app on Android Auto additionally brings another enhancements, together with a extra distinguished “Downloads” part to make offline playback simpler, particularly helpful when driving via areas with poor connectivity. There’s additionally a brand new floating Search shortcut that provides customers faster entry to Spotify’s search interface.
All of those options are reportedly (by way of 9to5Google) a part of Spotify’s newest replace — model 9.0.58.596 — which rolled out to Android customers only a few days in the past.
