{"id":90822,"date":"2022-03-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=90822"},"modified":"2022-03-22T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:31:45","slug":"link-spotify-waze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/link-spotify-waze\/","title":{"rendered":"How to link and control Spotify playback in Waze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2022-03-17\/how-to-drive-with-spotify-and-waze\/\">Spotify<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Step-by-step instruction on how to pair navigation app Waze with music streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube Music and more.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-and-waze-partner-to-soundtrack-your-drive-alongside-route-navigation\/\">Five years ago, Spotify teamed up with Google-owned navigation app Waze to seemlessly integrate music into your road trips in a safe way.<\/a> Once you connect the two apps, playback controls show on the same screen as direction, letting you skips tracks or change playlists without switching apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spotify aren&#8217;t the only audio company to work with Waze. Waze can also pair with other music and audiobook apps like <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-get-your-music-on-amazon-music-unlimited-for-free\/\">Amazon Music<\/a><\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Audacy<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Audible<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Audiobooks.com<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Castbox<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/pandora-deezer-iheart-tunein-now-playing-on-your-drives-with-waze\/\">Deezer<\/a><\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/pandora-deezer-iheart-tunein-now-playing-on-your-drives-with-waze\/\">iHeartRadio<\/a><\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">NPR One<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">NRJ Radio<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/take-pandora-on-the-road-streaming-now-on-waze\/\">Pandora<\/a><\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Scribd<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-upload-music-to-tidal\/\">TIDAL<\/a><\/strong>, <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/pandora-deezer-iheart-tunein-now-playing-on-your-drives-with-waze\/\"><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">TuneIn<\/strong>, <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">TuneIn Pro<\/strong><\/a> and <strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/take-youtube-music-on-the-road-with-waze\/\">YouTube Music<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3>How to link Waze with audio apps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Open Waze and tap the music icon in the top right corner (if you don&#8217;t see the icon, tap <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">My Waze<\/em> at the bottom, then the settings cog in the top left corner, then <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">Audio player<\/em>.)<\/li><li>Select your preferred audio app of choice.<\/li><li>If you&#8217;re already logged into Spotify on your phone, the two apps should automatically connect after you <em style=\"user-select: auto;\">Accept<\/em> the agreement.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_7743.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"90823\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=90823\" class=\"wp-image-90823 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_7744.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"90824\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=90824\" class=\"wp-image-90824 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_7745.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"90825\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=90825\" class=\"wp-image-90825 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"828\" height=\"1792\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_7746.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"90826\" data-link=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=90826\" class=\"wp-image-90826 lazyload\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it! You&#8217;ll see basic playback controls at the top of the navigation screen. You can hide this pane by tapping the up arrow to the right. Tap <em>Show list<\/em> to see recently played artists, albums and playlists. 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