It seems that rough edges are being smoothed out between Spotify and Apple, and after a very busy last year in which mutual accusations filled the news headlines of every tech blogThere is finally hope that both companies focus on improving the experience of their respective customers.
With iOS 13, the possibility opens up for music applications to use SiriKit so that Apple's virtual assistant can handle them, and Spotify is already testing this feature in its Beta for iOS, so the launch of a version compatible with Siri is imminent.
iOS 13 is a change in Siri to make it more open to third-party applications. The wizard that was originally restricted to the system itself, without the possibility that any third-party application could make use of it, has gradually made its way and Apple has been offering developers tools to make use of it in their applications. And it is already possible that any music player application can use Siri to control it, something that Pandora has already taken advantage of, and it seems that Spotify will be the next to do so.
Its beta for iOS already allows you to use Siri to start music playback, being able to indicate songs, artists, albums and playlists. You can therefore now control Spotify from your iPhone or iPad, or from your AirPods, with your voice. Does that mean that Spotify is already compatible with the HomePod? Not at the moment, at least in this first Beta. At this time we do not know if it is Apple's fault, which should update the HomePod software, or if it is Spotify that should improve the integration of its application with Siri. The important thing is that it seems that the cold war between both companies has ended and now they focus on their users, as it should be. At the moment this feature is only available in the Spotify Beta but the public version is expected soon.
