Google's decision to replace the Google Assistant with Gemini was a controversial onethe AI chatbot was useful for basically everything but what people typically used Assistant for. Now, though, it's slowly getting third-party integrations to restore that functionality,

Spotify is getting support for Google’s Gemini Extensions, which will allow users to search for and play music using the generative AI assistant with natural language requests. The extension was first spotted in the code of the Google app in June, and now it’s rolling out to compatible Android devices, as reported by 9to5Google.

Spotify extension in Google Gemini is now being made available to some users according to a report, allowing you to play songs via playlists and your media library via the AI assistant by Google. Speaking of music streaming, Gemini has only supported YouTube Music extension until now.

Google has started rolling out its Spotify extension for Gemini users on Android. Under the "Play & Search" moniker, users can ask Gemini to discover music based on artist, song title, playlist, or lyrics. The feature echoes what Google rolled out for Gemini users earlier this year for YouTube Music.

Google’s Gemini is expanding its music capabilities, introducing a Spotify extension alongside its existing YouTube Music integration.

Following WhatsApp, the second third-party Gemini Extension is Spotify. The “play & search” functionality is similar to YouTube Music.

A step-by-step guide. To use the new feature, users first have to link their Spotify and Google accounts with Gemini Apps. They also have to enable

Gemini may one day be a powerful assistant-like tool in the ways that Google Assistant once was able to be, but those days seem far off as Google slow-rolls its feature set. It’s probably the safer play this way,

After WhatsApp, Spotify becomes the second third-party app to integrate with Google Gemini AI assistant: Technology news