Following the retirement of Groove Music Pass, Microsoft quietly introduced the ability to control Spotify using your voice with Cortana in Windows 10. The feature initially debuted as a feature in the Windows Insider Program last month, but it’s now available to all Windows 10 PCs running the Creators Update (1703) or newer.
The feature works through Cortana’s Spotify integration which is only limited to some regions — but you can easily set your PC’s region to the United States and then connect Cortana to Spotify to start using the smart assistant to control Spotify. Once connected, you can ask Cortana to start playing a certain playlist, track, or songs from an artist using your voice. If you happen to own the Harman Kardon Invoke speaker, you will be able to use the exact same commands are available on the speaker with Cortana on your PC.
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Some of the example commands include:
Cortana’s Spotify integration can also tell you what song is currently playing on Spotify. This could be considered a fairly good replacement for Cortana’s music recognition feature which has been removed since the retirement of Groove Music — but it only works with songs that are playing only on Spotify.
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dontbe evil
<p>1- not everybody has a spy home assistant device, also at home I prefer better quality speakers for music</p><p>2- not everybody is always in one place</p><p>3- not everybody prefere listen to the music from the smartphone instead a more comfortable and better audio pc when he's at work</p>
Bats
<blockquote><a href="#235697"><em>In reply to dontbe_evil:</em></a></blockquote><ol><li>Not everybody has a spy home assistant device? WHY? They were super cheap this past holiday season. Those tech people who don't have one, need to get a better paying job. Since, the economy is roaring now, it's time to update the resume, so one can afford a Google Home or Amazon Echo.</li><li>Not everybody is always in one place? Do you know who is not in one place? The Google Assistant and Alexa. Cortana is a home-body.</li><li>Yeah…….good luck setting up the PC right next to all the exercise equipment in the gym.</li></ol>
Bats
<p>That's it? Spotify?</p><p>Google is ready to announce a boatload of smart devices that can/will be operated by the Google Assistant. I just read one product by Schlage that does door locks. I just bought a new car, that can remotely start and do other a couple more tricks from my phone, Google Home, AND Amazon Alexa.</p><p>Cortana and Spotify is like….NOTHING, at this point.</p>