Spotify is getting rid of this useful feature from its app

Spotify has announced that the company is “retiring” the Car View feature it launched in 2019. The mode essentially offers enhanced play/pause and skip buttons as well as makes the view page less cluttered to prevent drivers from getting distracted. feature too inspired amazon To roll out its own version of Car Mode on the Amazon Music app earlier this year. According to Spotify, the company is working on an alternative, but there is no clarity on the rollout. The Swedish company says that until Spotify introduces its own solution, users can use the Google Assistant virtual assistant while driving to enable hands-free control.

In a reply on its community forum, Spotify explained, “We can confirm that we are eliminating the Car View feature. However that doesn’t mean we don’t want to improve the way our users drive. In contrast to how you listen to Spotify, we’re actively exploring new ways to deliver the best listening experience in the car. Think about turning off Car-view, the new innovation coming on track. There should be an effort to make way for it.”