Volvo’s new models will have built-in Spotify

Volvo and Spotify team up to integrate into all new Volvo models starting with the S90

Volvo Spotify appVolvo will be the first car company to fully integrate the Spotify music streaming service into all of its models without the use of a smartphone.

Making the announcement at Mobile World Congress 2016, Volvo said its new S90 and V90 models, which are both due to be released in the spring, will be the first to receive the service, along with the XC90 SUV.

Volvo has worked closely with the popular music streaming service to design a useable interface that does not require the use of a smartphone.

Currently, Spotify is only available by using Apple’s CarPlay and Bluetooth, both of which are available on newer Volvo models: the new service means music streaming even if (shock) you leave the smartphone at home.

Volvo announced that this feature will be available in all countries where Spotify is currently offered.

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Richard Aucock
Richard Aucockhttps://www.richardaucock.co.uk/
Richard is director at Motoring Research. He has been with us since 2001, and has been a motoring journalist even longer. He won the IMCO Motoring Writer of the Future Award in 1996 and the acclaimed Sir William Lyons Award in 1998. Both awards are run by the Guild of Motoring Writers and Richard is currently vice chair of the world's largest organisation for automotive media professionals. Richard is also a juror and Steering Committee director for World Car Awards and the UK juror for the AUTOBEST awards.

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