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by pen2l 3644 days ago
You would still need to find your way to the Spotify app though, so that defeats the point -- because you have to use your hand to unlock the phone, open the app, etc.

Compare this with being able to play a song by simply saying "Hey Siri play Beatles' Rain"... and that is it.
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scarface74 3644 days ago
"hey siri open Spotify" works fine.
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pen2l 3644 days ago
... And then find your way to search icon, click x to clear current query, hit microphone icon to say song name? By this point I've probably killed 9 people on the road while driving.

Compare this with "hey Siri play bob Dylan's blowing in the wind" and it working just with this

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scarface74 3641 days ago
The previous post was saying that Spotify could implement their own voice recognition once launched.
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pen2l 3641 days ago
But that's still more than simply "Hey Siri play something by Rolling stones" or "Ok google play some Johnny Cash"

Apple should have opened Siri to spotify.

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scarface74 3641 days ago
Even if Apple did open Siri up and provide a "music playing intent" for Siri like they did for messages, it would still be something like "play something by the Rolling Stones using Spotify". Is that much different from "open Spotify" and once Spotify is open "Play something by the Rolling Stones"?
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pen2l 3641 days ago
Definitely yes.

So, I have an iphone 6s -- and I use Siri a _lot_. Mostly I use it when I'm talking to friends or family... e.g. today someone told me he didn't know any of Dylan's songs... and I went "oh, well let me tell you of some!"

Usually when you're talking to someone, and you spend half the time on your device suddenly disconnected from the person you're talking to, that makes things tough. Generally one should optimize for a friction-free experience. Generally, that means trying to do whatever in the least amount of steps.

When Apple refuses to open up siri, it makes things really difficult.

I mean really, this is from direct personal experience. My decision to quit spotify recently was literally this. (another was driving -- I need to go hands-free and least-steps there too for my own sake)

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