Spotify gains support for Google’s Gemini Extension cordswhich will allow users to search and listen to music using the generative AI assistant with natural language queries. The extension was first spotted in Google app code in Juneand it is now rolling out to compatible Android devices, as reported 9to5Google.
Gemini can play music found by song titles, artist names, album names, playlist names or for a particular activity, but at the moment it will not create playlists or music stations. radio on Spotify. One thing to know is that if you have already associated another music service like YouTube Musicyou’ll need to verbally say (or type) which service you want Gemini to use as part of your initial request, and from there it will default to the one that was last used.
Spotify is the second non-Google app to benefit from Gemini capabilities following the rollout of WhatsApp support which began in October.
Google support page for the extension explains that you must first link your Spotify and Google accounts to enable it with Gemini Apps, and that you must enable Gemini Apps Activity, which can retain your AI queries for up to 72 hours. You won’t be able to use the Spotify extension in Google Messages, the Gemini web app, or the Gemini app on iOS, and it only works when Gemini’s language is set to English to start.