Plan

Premium

Country

United States

Device

iPhone 8 Plus

Operating System

iOS 12.2

My Question or Issue

Spotify is virtually useless in my car.  More often than not, when I open the Carplay app, it doesn't open compeletely and/or is locked up.  Even if I try to navigate it form my phone, when it's connected to Carplay, the app on my iPhone becomes non-responsive.

Add to this the fact that Spotify has not added Siri integration and you have a very poor implementation which has the potential to create dangerous distracted driver situations.

Apple Music and other Apple apps work fine in Carplay.  Knowing Apple, I'm sure it is much easier for them to implent Carplay functionality than it is for third party apps.  That being said, other 3rd party apps, such as Google Maps and Audible, work fine.  I think Apple addressed most of the Carplay issues on their end with the release of iOS 12, so I'd say the onus is on Spotify to fix this.

With increasing competition, and Spotify's drive to increase/show value (e.g. podcasts, videos), I'm surprised that these haven't been addressed (both Carplay & Siri integration).  Many people do most of their listening in the car.

Apple Music now works with the Amazon Echo.  I'm so close to making the switch at this point.  The only thing realy stopping me is the time it takes to move my playlists, etc.