Spotify and Uber partner to deliver the ultimate riding & listening experience
17 November 2014 - Press release-
Request an Uber. Pick your music. Enjoy the ride.
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Global celebration across 10 cities and 4 continents featuring artist ride-alongs and exclusive live sessions
Your Ride. Your Music.
We’re thrilled to announce that Spotify and Uber are teaming up to create the ultimate personalized soundtrack for your next ride.
Uber connects riders with transportation on-demand, wherever and whenever they choose. Spotify brings listeners the right music for every moment. And now, with our new first-of-its kind product partnership, Uber and Spotify Premium users can personalize their Uber ride by playing their favorite Spotify music right through the car speakers.
So how does it work? It’s easy: connect your Spotify account via the Uber app, request a ride, and when you get matched up with a Spotify-enabled Uber, simply select music from any one of Uber’s featured playlists or one of your own Spotify playlists within the Uber app. You can also jump to the Spotify app and select music from within the Spotify catalogue.
When your ride arrives, your tunes will be playing on the speakers. You can also change what’s playing during your journey right through the Spotify and Uber mobile apps. It’s all there - your own music and playlists and well as specially curated Uber playlists.
If you wanna go and take a ride wit me.
To kick off our exciting new partnership, Spotify and Uber are giving fans a chance to connect with some of their favourite artists in 10 global launch cities:
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Participating artists include: Andrew W.K., The Sam Willows, Ximena Sariñana, Ansiktet, Professor Green, Diplo, Matt and Kim, Ricki Lee, Kevin Drew and Jake Owen.
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10 global launch cities include: London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Toronto.
These special events for Uber and Spotify users – including artist ride-alongs and exclusive live sessions in five of the 10 cities – will take place on Friday, November 21. Stay tuned for additional details.
The new Uber and Spotify integration, available to all Uber and Spotify Premium users on iOS (and Android with a limited feature set), starts rolling out on Friday, Nov. 21 in our 10 launch cities. The integration will continue to roll out globally over the coming weeks.
Oh, and don’t forget to check out the demo video.
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