- Spotify could be developing a version of its app for smart glasses
- Your interface could include a “Now Playing” screen, as well as synchronized lyrics.
- Since it’s early, you’ll still need to have your smartphone nearby
Of all the best music streaming services, Spotify has launched just about every feature you can imagine, but now it could take its streaming experience even further: into the world of smart glasses.
You read that right. A smart glasses version of the audio streaming platform could be on the horizon, which is perfect timing as we know Google and Samsung are currently working on their own XR wearables.
There is evidence to support this as well. In a teardown by Android Authority, new lines of code were spotted in the latest beta version of the Spotify app for Android, strongly suggesting that Spotify has begun work on developing the foundation of its own smart glasses app. Based on the teardown, it looks like Spotify for smart glasses will have two of its most used features in the standard mobile app.
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First of all, this includes the “Now Playing” screen that shows the current song and its details, a crucial tool for the Spotify experience. Lyrics are also integral to the way music listeners interact with Spotify, and the teardown suggests this will also come to Spotify’s smart glasses interface, which is by far the more exciting of the two. It’s a way to take your solo karaoke sessions to the next level.
As things stand, it looks like Spotify is starting small with its foray into smart glasses. Right now, there’s no indication that you can manage your library, create playlists, or search for music, podcasts, and audiobooks using the headphones. As for the tap functions to control volume and skip and pause songs, this isn’t set in stone, so it’s best to take it with a pinch of salt, which brings me to the main caveat.
If Spotify goes ahead with the launch of its smart glasses, you’ll likely still need to have your smartphone on hand to use Spotify. On Google’s Android XR developer page, the company explains this in more detail in the following statement:
“The AI Glasses experience is based on the existing Android Activity Framework API and includes additional concepts to support the unique aspects of AI Glasses. Unlike the XR Headset which runs a full APK on the device, the AI Glasses uses a dedicated Activity that runs within your phone’s existing app. This activity is projected from the host device to the AI Glasses.”
We don’t know how long it will be before you can use Spotify to its full capacity on smart glasses, but with that in mind, it makes sense that the audio streaming giant is starting small. By focusing on two of its most used features first, it gives the company the opportunity to evaluate consumer insights after launch and develop them accordingly.
We all know that Spotify prides itself on new features in its products (it just launched a new Taste Profile tool and has many more in the works), so if it had to spend money on it, my guess is that Spotify would want to reflect the best parts of its mobile experience in its smart glasses app sooner rather than later, so it’s ready to fully embrace a new era of wearable technology.
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