The watchOS application from Spotify, which has been available for two years, has a new function: streaming directly to Apple’s computer clock without having to carry an iPhone with you. The feature has been tested since at least September and is now being used by more and more users. Users from all over the world report that they are offered the function while using the app.

Spotify draws level with Apple Music Spotify itself confirmed that the rollout began on Tuesday. The point is that customers can use the streaming service “anywhere and anytime,” said a spokeswoman for the IT blog TechCrunch . The aim of standalone streaming is that you only have to be on the move with your Apple Watch, which is connected to Bluetooth plugs or Bluetooth headphones, while doing sports.

With Apple’s own music service that already. Just like Apple Music, Spotify lands on the computer clock via LTE – of course, pure WLAN watches cannot then be used, and a corresponding data contract is necessary, which is currently only available in Germany with the major mobile operators. Still “Beta”, Pandora is also coming If you want standalone streaming in the Spotify app for watchOS is not yet displayed, should be patient. The streaming service is apparently expanding its availability in stages so as not to overload its infrastructure. The feature is also still referred to as “beta”, so interruptions and unreliability have to be expected.

Meanwhile, there are there is also more news from alternative streaming providers for Apple hardware. The music service Pandora, which is not available in Germany, has officially made it onto the HomePod. Apple announced in the summer that it would finally open the smart speaker for other services that are not Apple Music. It is necessary that the controlling iPhone uses iOS 14 and the HomePod itself uses the latest firmware. Annoying: Pandora cannot be defined as a default service. Instead, you always have to tell Siri to play something “with Pandora”. Spotify and Amazon Music are expected on the HomePod soon.

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