Spotify and Uber on Monday confirmed rumors that they are teaming up to let you control your music during your ride.
After hailing an Uber car, you'll have the option to decide what music you want to hear during your ride. When the driver pulls up, your jams will already be playing inside the car.
To enable the new feature, you'll first need to connect your Spotify account inside the Uber app, and you'll need a premium Spotify membership. Once you get in the car, you'll be able to wirelessly control the music from either the Uber or Spotify apps until you arrive at your destination.
"For Uber, this is the first time we've personalized the experience inside the car, and for music lovers that's nirvana," Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said in a call Monday with reporters. You get to decide what you want to hear, but the driver still has control over how loud the music will be, he added.
The feature is set to launch on Nov. 21 in 10 cities — London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Toronto, and Sydney. After that, it will continue to roll out globally over the coming weeks.
To kick off the partnership, Spotify and Uber have lined up artists like Andrew WK, Jake Owen, and Diplo for ride-alongs and special live events in the 10 launch cities. More info on this will be available in the Uber app soon.
Uber customers already ask their driver to turn on a certain radio station all the time, Kalanick said. This new feature should make things safer since the driver won't need to fiddle around with the music controls.
For more about the partnership, check out the video below.