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TL;DR
- After releasing the YouTube Music Extension for the Gemini Android app, Google has been noticed engaged on a Spotify Extension for Gemini.
- The Spotify extension could possibly be comparable in performance to the YouTube Music extension.
- The Spotify extension shouldn’t be at present reside inside Gemini however might launch quickly.
Google has been investing closely in Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot, to compete higher in opposition to ChatGPT. Google is attempting its finest to combine different apps and companies that folks use with its AI chatbot by Gemini Extensions (previously generally known as Bard Extensions). The corporate not too long ago introduced the YouTube Music extension, permitting Gemini to search out, play, and management music from YouTube Music. Google might quickly lengthen the performance to Spotify too.
An APK teardown helps predict options that will arrive on a service sooner or later primarily based on work-in-progress code. Nevertheless, it’s doable that such predicted options could not make it to a public launch.
We’ve noticed strings inside the Google app v15.22.29.29.arm64 that point out that Google is engaged on a Spotify extension for YouTube Music.
Code
<string ="assistant_robin_action_spotify_tap_snackbar">Beginning to play on Spotify</strings>
<string ="assistant_robin_action_spotify_signin_error">Spotify requires register</strings>Within the strings above, Robin is the inner codename for Gemini (previously generally known as Bard) used inside the Google app. The strings clearly reference Spotify and don’t go away room for doubt in regards to the service’s impending arrival as a Gemini Extension.
With Extensions, Google Gemini can entry data from numerous Google apps and companies and use it to serve you even higher AI outcomes. For example, the Google Workspace extension for Gemini helps you to get summarized solutions from your personal content material, whereas the Google Maps extension for Gemini will get you location-based data.
The YouTube Music extension helps you to discover and play music by Gemini by tapping into the audio streaming service. We noticed the function effectively earlier than its launch and even received a working demo and a command listing earlier than Google made its official announcement. We hope Spotify will get comparable function parity, and we’ll be looking out for extra clues.
The Spotify Gemini Extension shouldn’t be at present reside inside Gemini. We predict it will likely be launched sooner or later as soon as Google builds out the function and conducts passable beta exams.
