{"id":71294,"date":"2013-02-26T00:15:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T22:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=71294"},"modified":"2013-02-26T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T08:03:12","slug":"spotify-and-ford-join-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/71294-spotify-and-ford-join-forces.html","title":{"rendered":"Spotify and Ford join forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Streaming music service Spotify<\/a> has partnered with Ford Motor Co<\/a> to allow its subscribers to listen to music in more than one million Ford vehicles in North America.<\/p>\n

Owners of Ford models with SYNC AppLink can access Spotify’s catalog of more than 20 million songs through voice activation using its smartphone app.<\/p>\n

The deal, announced by both companies on Monday, is Spotify’s first collaboration with an automaker.<\/p>\n

Spotify is a free on-demand streaming music service that also offers a subscription package that allows listeners to hear music without interruptions from commercials and gain access to play lists and preferences from any device anytime.<\/p>\n

Spotify says it has 20 million active users worldwide, with 25 percent of them paying for subscriptions.<\/p>\n

Music services like Spotify and Pandora Media Inc<\/a> are striking partnerships with automakers to make their music available to drivers, especially as Internet access improves in vehicles.<\/p>\n

Pandora is available in 75 vehicle models and has deals with automakers like General Motors Co<\/a>, Ford, BMW and Chrysler Group LLC, allowing drivers to plug in their Pandora-enabled mobile devices and use car dashboards to control the service.<\/p>\n

More than 1 million people have used Pandora’s dashboard integration, it said.<\/p>\n

Separately on Monday, GM said it was switching to AT&T Inc<\/a> from Verizon Wireless<\/a> to provide high-speed wireless service for its 2015 vehicle models.<\/p>\n

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