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How ironic that an Alphabet company, Waymo, only works with a competitor streaming music service, Spotify, and not their own, YouTube Music. I guess that shows

How ironic that an Alphabet company, Waymo, only works with a competitor streaming music service, Spotify, and not their own, YouTube Music. I guess that shows how separate they are.

casta 7mo ago
In January YouTube music worked fine when I took Waymo in Menlo Park.
- jjmarr 7mo ago
  This was in September, so I'm happy to see the change!
  - tialaramex 7mo ago
    That's good news, if I can't use the Youtube Music I've paid for in the Waymo then I'm not going to put up with Spotify Ads instead, better to sit in silence (or use my headphones and my own music)
- fc417fc802 7mo ago
  Can you not steam arbitrary audio to it from your phone?
svat 7mo ago
I think it's also a privacy thing; you have to go into the Waymo app and “connect” your YouTube Music account (even though both have the same @gmail.com address), because otherwise the terms of service of one do not allow sharing data with the other without user consent. (Contrary to popular perception Google is very finicky about privacy, at least privacy as defined as conforming to the terms of service.)
- mort96 7mo ago
  Couldn't it just be a Bluetooth audio device? That way you could play anything you want, be it from YouTube, Spotify or your own music collection.
achatham 7mo ago
We do support YouTube Music and actually supported that before Spotify. But we only do ad-supported on Spotify and iHeartRadio (also paid Spotify).
- jjmarr 7mo ago
  It looks like YouTube Music was only added in October? I took the ride in September. https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/16623742?hl=en https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/16623742?hl=en
  - lostlogin 7mo ago
    Maybe you could recreate it now, but with better music?
- fragmede 7mo ago
  How about some games to pass the time? Make some exclusives so I look forwards to a 20 minute cross-town drive!
  - socalgal2 7mo ago
    why does the car need games? Just use your phone/tablet/laptop
    - fragmede 7mo ago
      Because those are the same games I have available while not in a Waymo and I can play them anytime/anywhere. By having Waymo exclusive games that save state between rides that aren't available outside the Waymo, it builds the "only in Waymo" excitement.

How ironic that an Alphabet company, Waymo, only works with a competitor streaming music service, Spotify, and not their own, YouTube Music. I guess that shows how separate they are.

casta 7mo ago

In January YouTube music worked fine when I took Waymo in Menlo Park.

jjmarr 7mo ago
This was in September, so I'm happy to see the change!
- tialaramex 7mo ago
  That's good news, if I can't use the Youtube Music I've paid for in the Waymo then I'm not going to put up with Spotify Ads instead, better to sit in silence (or use my headphones and my own music)
fc417fc802 7mo ago
Can you not steam arbitrary audio to it from your phone?

svat 7mo ago

I think it's also a privacy thing; you have to go into the Waymo app and “connect” your YouTube Music account (even though both have the same @gmail.com address), because otherwise the terms of service of one do not allow sharing data with the other without user consent. (Contrary to popular perception Google is very finicky about privacy, at least privacy as defined as conforming to the terms of service.)

mort96 7mo ago
Couldn't it just be a Bluetooth audio device? That way you could play anything you want, be it from YouTube, Spotify or your own music collection.

achatham 7mo ago

We do support YouTube Music and actually supported that before Spotify. But we only do ad-supported on Spotify and iHeartRadio (also paid Spotify).

jjmarr 7mo ago
It looks like YouTube Music was only added in October? I took the ride in September. https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/16623742?hl=en https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/16623742?hl=en
- lostlogin 7mo ago
  Maybe you could recreate it now, but with better music?
fragmede 7mo ago
How about some games to pass the time? Make some exclusives so I look forwards to a 20 minute cross-town drive!
- socalgal2 7mo ago
  why does the car need games? Just use your phone/tablet/laptop
  - fragmede 7mo ago
    Because those are the same games I have available while not in a Waymo and I can play them anytime/anywhere. By having Waymo exclusive games that save state between rides that aren't available outside the Waymo, it builds the "only in Waymo" excitement.