downloading it from the tvOS App Store, and it
looks much like the equivalent Spotify apps that
you may have previously experienced on other
TV platforms like Android TV, Amazon Fire TV,
Roku or Samsung Tizen.
At the time of typing, however, it seemed that
the availability of these features was still a little
patchy compared to what has been claimed.
Writing for 9to5Mac, for example, iOS developer
Benjamin Mayo noted that while the release
notes for the Spotify update stated the Siri
integration was compatible with iPhone, iPad,
CarPlay, AirPods, and HomePod via AirPlay, “in
our testing, the HomePod does not recognize
Spotify song requests.” He suggested that
HomePod users may therefore have to wait for
an iOS 13.2 software update for this feature to
become operational for them.
EXPLORING THE INS AND OUTS OF THE
NEW iOS APP UPDATE
Let’s put the Spotify Apple TV app to one side
for a moment, and instead focus on the updates
that the streaming firm has been able to
introduce to its iOS app as a consequence of the
release of iOS 13.
When we say “has been able to introduce”,
we do mean that, because while Siri support
for Spotify has been a long-requested feature
among music listeners using the streaming
service, it wasn’t Spotify’s fault that such
functionality remained absent for so long.
Indeed, only with the introduction of iOS 13
has such support even become an option, with
Apple finally opening up its SiriKit framework
to third-party apps.