TL;DR
- Spotify’s newest Android Auto replace brings the Jam function to automotive shows, letting mates take part and contribute music.
- The function permits passengers to hitch a shared music queue by scanning a QR code on the in-car display screen.
- The newest 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 bought an necessary improve, including the favored Jam function to the in-car expertise.
Jam permits a number of Spotify customers to hear collectively in actual time and is now obtainable immediately from Spotify’s Now Enjoying display screen on Android Auto.
When music is enjoying, 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 driving 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 on the market on a automotive interface. Spotify beforehand made Jam obtainable to desktop customers. It’s additionally necessary to notice that that you must be a Spotify Premium subscriber to begin or host a Jam. Nonetheless, free customers can be 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 function may also arrive on autos with Google built-in at a later stage.
Aside from 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 by 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.
