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Spotify and Apple in Talks to Let Siri Play Spotify Content

Spotify and Apple are in talks over a potential "truce" that would allow Siri (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/siri/) to play songs, playlists, and albums from Spotify via voice commands from iPhone users, reports The Information (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-spotify-discuss-siri-truce-as-antitrust-battle-looms).





Apple in iOS 13 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-13/) is introducing (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/05/siri-supports-music-podcasts-apps-ios-13/) SiriKit changes that will allow <!---->Siri<!----> to play music, podcasts, audiobooks, and radio from third-party apps, which seems to be the feature that the two companies have been discussing.





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The SiriKit changes will let Spotify and other developers build <!---->Siri<!----> support into their apps, letting users control audio playback with <!---->Siri<!----> commands. Users will be able to use commands like "Hey <!---->Siri<!---->, play Fleetwood Mac from Spotify" to access Spotify instead of Apple Music (https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-music/).





Apple has similar <!---->Siri<!----> features for third-party messaging apps, allowing <!---->Siri<!----> commands to be used to send messages using WhatsApp and other apps instead of the Messages app. <!---->Siri<!----> commands also work with third-party ride sharing, workout, payments, photo, and VoIP apps.





Should Apple and Spotify come to an agreement about the new feature, <!---->Apple Music<!----> is expected to remain the default music streaming service on Apple devices when users ask <!---->Siri<!----> to play songs, according to one of the sources that spoke to The Information.





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The conversations between Apple and Spotify come following a March antitrust complaint (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/13/spotify-files-complaint-vs-apple-in-europe/) from Spotify in the European Union, where Spotify claimed that Apple's App Store (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/app-store/) rules "limit choice and stifle innovation at the expense of the user experience."





In its complaint, Spotify called out Apple's 30 percent fee for third-party apps in the <!---->App Store<!---->, which Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said gives Apple an "unfair advantage" for <!---->Apple Music<!---->. Ek also complained about Apple's "experience-limiting restrictions," locking Spotify and other competitors out of services like <!---->Siri<!---->.





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Spotify's complaint has resulted in a formal investigation (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/05/06/eu-to-investigate-apple-over-spotify-complaint/) of Apple's <!---->App Store<!----> practices by the European Competition Commission, which is ongoing.





On its "Time to Play Fair (https://www.timetoplayfair.com/facts/)" website that outlines its dispute with Apple, Spotify recently changed wording reflecting the SiriKit changes in <!---->iOS 13<!---->. It used to read as follows: "Apple won't allow us to be on HomePod (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/homepod/) and they definitely won't let us connect with <!---->Siri<!----> to play your jams."





After an update, the website now says the following: "Only recently, Apple announced that it will let us connect with <!---->Siri<!----> to play your jams...but fails to mention our name ("I want to play [X] on Spotify") and your <!---->HomePod<!----> will default to <!---->Apple Music<!---->." The wording changes suggest Spotify will indeed implement <!---->Siri<!----> support, but the company still seems to be unhappy with the inability to set Spotify as the default music service on Apple devices.

<div class="linkback">Related Roundups: iOS 13 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ios-13/), iPadOS (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipados/)</div><div class="linkback">Tag: Spotify (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/spotify/)</div>
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