Spotify on Tuesday announced a new feature called Connect, which lets you wirelessly stream music from your cellphone or tablet to your home speakers.
?wmode=transparent"You've just walked through the door, listening to your favorite playlist on your phone. With Spotify Connect, simply hit play on your living room speakers and the music instantly fires up, right where you left off — making sure you never miss a beat," Spotify said.
The new feature will roll out to Spotify Premium subscribers on the iPhone, iPad, and home audio systems "over the coming months," the company said. Android and desktop updates will follow thereafter.
The service will initially be compatible on a range of speakers and home audio systems from companies like Argon, Bang & Olufsen, Denon, Hama, Marantz, Philips, Pioneer, Revo, Teufel, and Yamaha, Spotify said. If you're in the market for a new home speaker system and would like to take advantage of this feature, look out for the Spotify Connect logo on compatible systems.
Spotify promised that unlike other wireless music solutions, Connect will not drain your phone or tablet's battery. Another benefit is that you can continue to use your phone or tablet to make calls or play games without stopping the tunes.
"Today, listening to music at home can be a frustrating experience—dropouts, below-par audio quality, signal range and phone restrictions, battery drainage, it's basically a hassle," Sten Garmark, VP of product management at Spotify, said in a statement. "Spotify Connect solves this by giving you effortless control of your music across your phone, tablet and now speakers with millions of songs built right in."
For more on Spotify Connect, check out the video below.