New car mode Spotify is being tested by new users and will replace ‘car type‘, an old mode that made the app easier to use while driving, allowing the driver to focus on the road. When it removed the old version of its feature for use in cars, the company said it was focusing on introducing new innovations to help users use it while driving, now the portal TechCrunch indicates that these news are the ability to control the application by voice.

Just called ‘automotive mode‘, this feature has been completely redesigned by the music streaming service, primarily by eliminating distractions and introducing a cleaner interface. The decision to bet on the use of speech appears to be a decision to keep drivers focused on the road, but as the Engadgetthis is still not the case, and studies show thatand drivers using voice control are more distracted.

In any case, while there is still no position and convincing research on this issue, Spotify chose this solution as the main way for students to use their application while driving. According to reports from those who are testing this new product, you can search for artists, browse albums, play, pause and enjoy by simply speaking.

As you can see in the screenshots’automotive mode‘ (pictures above), the appearance of the application has become much simplerwhere the “Player View” shows little information, while the “Library” tab quickly shows the songs or podcasts the user has recently listened to.

App control while driving is something that is in high demand among Google as well as Amazon, which are pushing car manufacturers to implement voice recognition features in their future vehicles. One reason for this is autonomous vehicles, where voice control will be an important feature to control apps and features.

Last month Spotify launched ‘car thing‘, a music player created by the company for cars, which is also controlled by voice. However, this device costs $80, so drivers who subscribe to the music streaming platform are still waiting for the ultimate free solution to replace “car type‘.

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Source: Engadget, TechCrunch.