You can use your device while driving for many things, but it is important to get directions and play music. And it is extremely difficult (and even dangerous) to switch between these two activities while driving. And if you could control your music player directly from the application where you get the directions? Yes, it is now possible. You can add media playback controls and use your favorite music player in Google Maps. To make this application even better, try these 20 tips and tricks from Google Maps.
Supported music players currently include Google Play Music and the Spotify app. It's rather strange to know that Google Play Music is still supported while support for YouTube Music is missing. Anyway, let's take a look at the steps to activate the playback controls for the desired music player in the Google Maps app.
Integrating the music player with Google Maps
Before you begin, make sure that the desired music player is installed on your device. You can download the applications from the link below if you do not have them yet.
Once you have successfully installed your favorite applications, follow the steps below to add the play control of the music player to Google Maps.
Steps to add music playback to cards
- Open Google Maps on your Android device and tap the hamburger menu.
- Then press Settings and scroll down to Navigation settings.
- Below, activate the View multimedia playback commands switch. You will then need choose a default multimedia application. In this guide we will proceed to Spotify.
- Once selected, tap Next. In the confirmation dialog, press D & #39; AGREEMENT.
- You must now allow Google Maps to view your Spotify account data and perform actions in Spotify on your behalf. If you are satisfied, press To agree. Until you give it permission, you will not be able to use this music player in Google Maps.
- Enter the desired location for navigation and click on Start the navigation. As soon as you do, the Spotify An icon will appear on the right side of the screen.
- Tap to get playback control of the Spotify music player in Google Maps. You can pause or play a song or even change tracks. To expand the menu further, tap the up arrow. This will give you more options to control the Spotify application directly from Maps. In addition, there is also an option to open the music application directly from Google Maps.
This concludes the guide on using your music player in Google Maps. Although the feature only supports a few music players, first of all, it's a welcome initiative. Hope that more players will be added soon.
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