Attention Spotifans! Volvo has announced that it will be the first manufacturer to globally integrate the Spotify music-streaming app in its products, starting this spring with the XC90, S90, and V90. The app will be accessible via the cars? Sensus touchscreen interface, the portrait orientation of which should look and feel familiar to Spotify users. The interface also will allow customers to input handwritten characters to access their music selection. A premium subscription to Spotify is required.

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While the Spotify app is currently able to be used in Volvo cars via Bluetooth and Apple CarPlay, Volvo says that the native application provides a richer experience and search functionality that the phone-based application cannot deliver. It also keeps Spotify from draining one?s mobile phone battery. Expect Volvo?s Spotification endeavors to spread to other products as they are redesigned and incorporate the Sensus system.

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