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Like what features?

by endlessvoid94 10y ago

Like what features?

mackey 10y ago
Siri in iOS 10 is a pretty major one.
- st3v3r 10y ago
  You mean the same OS that opened up the Siri API?
  - Me1000 10y ago
    The Siri API doesn't support music.
    - MBCook 10y ago
      I imagine it will it some point, but you're right right now that's only available for Apple. That means the question is: is the lack of Siri integration a big enough hindrance that it should be considered unlawful interference with competition?
pen2l 10y ago
Funny you ask -- because boy do I have an answer. Last week I officially switched (reluctantly and with a bad taste in my mouth) from Spotify to Apple Music. Why? Simply because when I'm driving I want to dictate by voice command what song I want to play. I could not do this with Spotify, that's why I switched. Next time I won't get an iphone because of the bad taste this experience has left me (the worst part is apple's voice transcription technology is so bad compared to Google's... so half the time even that doesn't work)
- vitd 10y ago
  I'm curious - I see that Midomi Sound Hound now has voice recognition in iOS 9, which I assume it gets from either licensing Google Now, Cortana, or directly from the companies that provide functionality for those. Why couldn't Spotify just do that? Would that solve your problem?
  - pen2l 10y 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.
    - scarface74 10y ago
      "hey siri open Spotify" works fine.
      - pen2l 10y 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
        scarface74 10y ago
        The previous post was saying that Spotify could implement their own voice recognition once launched.
        pen2l 10y 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.
        scarface74 10y 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"?
- nzoschke 10y ago
  This. Alexa and Spotify have great integration. It's depressing to think that Spotify on Apple may never offer this.

Like what features?

mackey 10y ago

Siri in iOS 10 is a pretty major one.

st3v3r 10y ago
You mean the same OS that opened up the Siri API?
- Me1000 10y ago
  The Siri API doesn't support music.
  - MBCook 10y ago
    I imagine it will it some point, but you're right right now that's only available for Apple. That means the question is: is the lack of Siri integration a big enough hindrance that it should be considered unlawful interference with competition?

pen2l 10y ago

Funny you ask -- because boy do I have an answer. Last week I officially switched (reluctantly and with a bad taste in my mouth) from Spotify to Apple Music. Why? Simply because when I'm driving I want to dictate by voice command what song I want to play. I could not do this with Spotify, that's why I switched. Next time I won't get an iphone because of the bad taste this experience has left me (the worst part is apple's voice transcription technology is so bad compared to Google's... so half the time even that doesn't work)

vitd 10y ago
I'm curious - I see that Midomi Sound Hound now has voice recognition in iOS 9, which I assume it gets from either licensing Google Now, Cortana, or directly from the companies that provide functionality for those. Why couldn't Spotify just do that? Would that solve your problem?
- pen2l 10y 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.
  - scarface74 10y ago
    "hey siri open Spotify" works fine.
    - pen2l 10y 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
      - scarface74 10y ago
        The previous post was saying that Spotify could implement their own voice recognition once launched.
        pen2l 10y 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.
        scarface74 10y 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"?
nzoschke 10y ago
This. Alexa and Spotify have great integration. It's depressing to think that Spotify on Apple may never offer this.