If you're used to using Siri to listen to music on your iPhone, you might know that the virtual assistant uses the Music app by default. With the iOS 14.5 update every user will be able to force Siri to use the music streaming service of their choice. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set Spotify as the default music player for voice commands..
Use Siri to launch your music
The virtual assistant of the iPhone allows you to execute various commands only by voice. For example, you can set an alarm, write a note, add an appointment to your calendar, and even play music.
Unfortunately, until now this functionality was limited to the Music app only. So when you say the command, put my sister Clara Luciani, the music was automatically launched from the Apple Music application..
Spotify subscribers then had no choice but to specify the name of their streaming service when dictating their order to Siri. Obviously the most practical would be to be able to specify to Siri once and for all the music application that you want to use.
Launch your Spotify music with Siri
Since the release of iOS 13, iPhone owners have the option of using Spotify as an alarm clock. With the arrival of iOS 14, Apple is going further by opening Siri to new streaming services (Deezer, Spotify, etc.)..
Below are the steps on how to set Spotify as the default music player on your iPhone. Before you start, make sure that your smartphone has iOS 14.5 or higher.
- Ask Siri to play a music, album or playlist of your choice: Hey Siri is playing bohemian
- The virtual assistant Siri will display the list of all the music applications installed on your iPhone
- Select from this list the one you want to use with Siri
- Then allow Siri to access your music app data
The next time you ask Siri to play music, it will use the app you set up beforehand. You will therefore no longer need to specify the name of the streaming service in your request.
Sometimes the option to choose your default music player does not appear. In the vast majority of cases, a simple restart is sufficient to remedy this problem. Likewise, the current system does not allow manual modification of the default music application.
No doubt Apple will make changes very quickly in a new update. It would therefore not be surprising to see appear in the coming weeks, a new option in the settings of iOS to define the default music application as is already the case for the web browser.
