Gemini with Android 16 is going to take an important step in the experience, but there is still a long way to go before the next Android update arrives, so for now we have to make do with the second external app to that of Google which connects with Google AI. The use with Spotify is going to be very simple, but striking, since you can search and listen to music using natural language with sentences almost like asking a DJ to play the latest Kasabian or Karol G.
Use natural language, either text with Google's chatbot or voice with Gemini Live, to search for any topic It will totally transform the music listening experience a Spotify.
And that's it Spotify is now available through Gemini extensions from Google that allow you to search and listen to music with the AI generative assistant. The music platform extension is currently being rolled out and already in June it appeared for the first time in the Google application code in anticipation of its next arrival.
Gemini can play music when playing queries based on song titles, artist names, albums and playlists or simply a particular activity. Of course, we must forget, for the moment, the possibility of creating playlists or radio stations.
According to the Google support page voice commands are very specific: “Play [album name] on Spotify”, “Search [artist name] songs” o “Find a Spotify playlist with [genre, mood, activity] music”. It can be understood that these sentences can be modified to make them more authentic and natural, like “come on, play me a musical song”. Kendrick Lamar.
As Google already allows you to use the YouTube Music extension, if you have this extension active with Gemini you must specify in the request what you want play a playlist or song via the desired platformwhich in this case would be Spotify. From this choice, all requests will remain for the last one used.
There are some Steps to Connect Spotify to Geminiand the first of them is to link Google and Spotify accounts. The last step would be to enable Gemini Apps activity which allows AI queries to be maintained for up to 72 hours.
And for now the Spotify extension, according to The edge, Only works with the Gemini Android app be able to use the chatbot in a natural conversation. Using it in Google Messages and the Gemini web app as well as the iOS app is out of the question. And the last point: it only allows the use of English, so for Spanish you will have to wait a bit until Google decides to extend support.