Spotify has started rolling out a new Car View mode to let users more easily control their music when behind the wheel. The feature is automatically enabled when the app detects a Bluetooth connection with a vehicle, according to 9to5Google.
Car View basically just supersizes the song info, track controls, and other critical buttons like shuffle. Album art is not displayed in Car View. Spotify has been testing an in-car mode for some time now. In July 2017, the company was toying with an early version that added a microphone icon for voice commands alongside the enlarged playback icons. (There’s no microphone or voice control component to the Car View rolling out now, however.)
‘car view’ very good @Spotify but for a second I was like…
Written by Chris Welch
This news first appeared on https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/16/18185644/spotify-car-view-now-testing-android-simple-controls under the title “Spotify is testing a simplified Car View for controlling your music while driving”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.