In Car Entertainment Archives

29% of US motorists listen to audio on their phones

12/12/2024

29% of US motorists listen to audio on their phones according to a recent blog post by Edison Research. Using their Share of Ear survey that measures the full audio space and how much the audio average American consumes in a typical day using a nationally representative sample of those aged 13+. In 2014, only 15% of in-car audio users listened on their phones in the car. Today that number has nearly doubled, and now 29% of the US population […]

Tesla adds YouTube Music and Amazon Music apps

30/07/2024

Tesla adds YouTube Music and Amazon Music apps to its entertainment centre as part of its 2024.26 Summer Update YouTube Music You can listen to over 100M million songs ad-free with your YouTube Premium or Music Premium account. Access your Library to see all of your liked and added songs, playlists you created and artists and podcasts you subscribed to. Requires Premium Connectivity or an active WiFi connection. Amazon Music Prime members get access to […]

Deezer launches new car app

19/07/2023

Deezer launches new car app and will be available in cars with Google built-in and cars with the automotive app store Faurecia Aptoide. The introduction of the new solution also follows a growing demand for dedicated car apps with features and functionalities matching the experience of using a smartphone. Premium users can now enjoy their own playlists or a never-ending personalized AI-generated Flow of recommendations directly through the car and without using their phones. Users can […]

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes

17/10/2022

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes vehicles with support for Dolby Atmos. Apple Music with Spatial Audio comes fully integrated through the MBUX infotainment system first in the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, the EQS and EQS SUV, as well as the EQE, EQE SUV and the S-Class, equipping these vehicles with ‘studio-quality sound better than in any concert hall’, and giving drivers a fully immersive listening experience with unparalleled, multidimensional sound and clarity. Oliver Schusser, Apple’s […]

Spotify Car Thing gets new features

12/04/2022

Spotify Car Thing gets new features in an upgrade to its smart player that was officially released in February in the US. Car Thing makes it simpler to play exactly what you want, thanks to the intuitive product interface and the ease of using “Hey Spotify” to control what you want to listen to. With these updates, you’ll now be able to answer phone calls on Car Thing, queue songs and podcasts, and display and […]

How to integrate Spotify and Waze

19/03/2022

In 2017, Spotify and Waze teamed up to integrate Spotify directly into the Waze app, enabling a more musical, enjoyable journey in which users could get both the best directions and playlists in the car without having to switch screens. Since then users have been able to navigate with Waze from within Spotify as well as access their Spotify playlists from within Waze and easily change tracks. How to integrate Spotify and Waze From the Waze home screen, tap the […]

Spotify Car Thing officially launched

23/02/2022

Spotify Car Thing officially launched and is only available in the US for $89.99 but will require you to have a Spotify Premium account to use it. Back in April 2021, Spotify announced its experiment with a smart player that could seamlessly fill your car with a world of music, news, entertainment, talk, and more. Then in October, it unveiled a limited release of Car Thing to Spotify Premium users. It is now fully available in the US and […]