Cortana can now control Spotify playback on Windows 10

As Groove Music streaming sails off into the sunset, Microsoft has been pushing Spotify as its replacement, even going so far every bit to offering a fashion for Groove users to migrate over. Information technology makes sense, then, that Spotify would also replace Groove in another are: Cortana.

Cortana tin now command music playback through Spotify equally function of an integration that was already in testing with Insiders but is now bachelor to everyone – provided your region is set to U.Due south. (via Reddit). All you have to do to go started is head to Cortana'southward Notebook from the search bar on your desktop, select "Music," and and then log in with your Spotify credentials. Afterwards, yous'll be able to ask Cortana to play artists, tracks, and otherwise control playback with a number of different commands. Examples include:

Play dance music on Spotify

Play my detect weekly playlist on Spotify

Play <Artist/Track/Title/Genre/Mood> on

Play some Drake

Play focus music

Play rock music

Play my tracks

If you've fabricated the jump from Groove to Spotify, this integration will no doubtfulness come up in handy. It's a shame information technology's currently limited to people located in the U.S., but that limitation is easily circumvented by changing your system regiuon and language.

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