• Android Auto’s Spotify app will get a useful little redesign in newest replace
• Jam operate permits these within the automobile to collaborate on playlists
• Minor adjustments to the UI make Spotify simpler to navigate

A current replace to the Android Auto Spotify app has launched some useful design tweaks and a further function that lets passengers to become involved within the playlist-curating motion.

Arguably the most important replace is the addition of the favored ‘Jam’ operate that enables anybody within the automobile to scan a QR code after which be part of the Jam session so as to add tracks to a shared queue. It saves the necessity for a driver or entrance passenger to manually enter musical ideas.

The motive force or proprietor of the Spotify account linked to the Android Auto system nonetheless has full management over who can be part of and counsel music, however the proprietor will need to have a Spotify Premium account to start a Jam session. That mentioned, free customers can nonetheless be part of the Jam.

A number of the different updates are barely much less apparent, with a delicate refresh to the consumer interface that features a extra distinguished ‘Downloaded’ part within the library, which permits for simpler navigation to these tracks, podcasts or audiobooks which were downloaded for offline use.