When you link your Spotify account to your Google Account, you can ask the Gemini mobile app to play or search for music or podcasts on Spotify. For example, you can ask for music by song, album, artist, playlist, and more.
What you need
- The Gemini mobile app, including as your mobile assistant. Learn more about the Gemini mobile app.
- The Spotify app is currently not supported in Gemini in Google Messages or the Gemini web app.
- Be signed in to the Gemini mobile app. Learn how to sign in to Gemini Apps.
- Gemini Apps Activity on. Apps are only available when Gemini Apps Activity is on.
Important:
- Spotify plays the specific song or podcast you requested only if you have a Spotify Premium subscription.
- Apps work the same way for both spoken and typed prompts. On Android mobile devices, if "Hey Google" doesn’t work, check if “Hey Google” and Voice Match are set up.
Connect Spotify to Gemini Apps
To connect to Spotify, your Spotify account must be linked to your Google Account. You might have already linked it through another Google service. If not, follow the steps below to connect Spotify to your Google Account through the Gemini mobile app.
- Ask the Gemini app to play, search, or browse media on Spotify.
- If Spotify isn’t connected, you’ll get the option to connect it.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Tips:
- You can enable or disable the Spotify app at any time on your Apps page in Gemini settings. Learn how to manage apps in Gemini.
- For steps to unlink your Spotify account from all Google services, learn how to manage third-party connections.
Play or search for media on Spotify
Important: If you connected more than one media app and don’t specify one in your request, Gemini uses the last media app you used. To use another one that’s available, you can mention the media service or “@” mention it in your prompt.
You can ask the Gemini mobile app to find and play music or podcasts on Spotify. Try the example prompts below.
Play music
- Play [album name] on Spotify
- Play [song name] by [artist name] on Spotify
- Play my Spotify playlist called [playlist name]
- Play music for [activity] on Spotify
Search for music
- Search for [artist name] songs
- Search for the song that goes [lyrics]
- Find a Spotify playlist with [genre, mood, activity] music
Search for & play podcasts
- Play [podcast name] on Spotify
- Play the latest episode of [podcast name] on Spotify
- Find me a podcast about [topic] on Spotify.
What Gemini Apps can’t do with Spotify
Gemini Apps can’t perform certain actions in Spotify for you, like:
- Create a Spotify playlist or radio
- Control media playback with commands like pause, resume, next, and previous
- On Android phones and tablets, the Gemini mobile app can control media playback with the Utilities apps. Learn more about the Utilities app.
How apps work in Gemini
- Gemini only connects to apps that are on your Apps page in Gemini settings. This includes apps you turn on when you specify them in your prompt with an "@" mention.
- Gemini checks for apps that can help it generate a more helpful response. If Gemini finds an app that can help, it automatically sends information from your conversation and other relevant information to that app. For example, Gemini will send your location data to Google Maps if you ask for coffee shops near you and the Google Maps app is on in your Apps page in Gemini settings.
- Gemini won’t access your personal content in other services without your permission. Some apps are designed to automatically work with Gemini apps.
- If you directly interact with another Google service in Gemini Apps, your activity might be saved by that other service. For example, if you watch a YouTube video in a Gemini app, YouTube may:
- Collect your personal information.
- Store and use that information according to YouTube’s terms of service.
- Store your watch history in your YouTube History. Learn how to manage your YouTube watch history.
- Gemini Apps can connect with third-party apps and services. When they do, Gemini Apps share information with those apps and services to fulfill your requests. That information is then used by those third-party apps and services according to their own developers' privacy policies.
- If you disable the YouTube app, you can still talk Live about a video you’re viewing in the YouTube app.
Learn more about how connected apps work with your personal data.