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My hope is that now that Spotify is available to Americans (where the people who develop the software are) the integration will no longer be total garbage. The
by Negitivefrags 7y ago
My hope is that now that Spotify is available to Americans (where the people who develop the software are) the integration will no longer be total garbage.
The Spotify integration in v9 is so non-functional for me that I just use Bluetooth.
It seems to have zero ability to retry on network failure, and once it’s failed, it basically doesn’t work again on that trip unless you want to reboot the whole MCU.
Another reason I stopped using it is that if I have an audio book on my phone, if Spotify is selected then my phone will start playing the audiobook in the background over Bluetooth to nowhere while spotify plays on the speakers, thus losing my place in the book while I drive.
- xxpor 7y ago>My hope is that now that Spotify is available to Americans (where the people who develop the software are) I thought Spotify dev was in Sweden, is that not the case?
- Negitivefrags 7y agoI’m talking about the Tesla software developers, not Spotify.
- xxpor 7y agoAh, got it.
- teslathrowaway8 7y agoTesla’s Spotify integration is done in-house by Spotify in Sweden. Source: know an engineer on that team.
- kelnos 7y agoI'm a little confused; Spotify has been available in the US since 2011.
- nsomaru 7y agoIn US on Tesla, presumably
- slg 7y agoThey are talking about Spotify being integrated into the Tesla infotainment system. It was previously available in some countries, but it wasn't available in the US probably due to an exclusivity agreement with Slacker Radio. You could always listen to Spotify from your phone app connected to the stereo through Bluetooth, but part of this announcement is a native integration with Spotify for Teslas in the US.
- acchow 7y agoSpotify is a Swedish company. Are its developers really mostly in the US?
- disillusioned 7y agoThey have a decent presence in NYC.