Ford_News
09-10-2011, 12:10 PM
Filed under: Technology (http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Infotainment (http://www.autoblog.com/category/infotainment/)
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With the flurry of hype (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/15/why-you-should-care-about-spotify/) surrounding the launch of Spotify (http://spotify.com) in the U.S., it was just a matter of time before the streaming music provider partnered with an automaker. And today is that day.
Spotify integration will be coming to Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) vehicles equipped with the AppLink (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/AppLink/) system in the near future (we can't get a firm commitment on a time frame), allowing subscribers of the service to play songs and interact with the app using the Ford SYNC (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/SYNC/) system.
The partnership and terms are being hashed out now, just as Ford and a host of developers gear up for the TechCrunch Hack-a-Thon (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/SF2011/hackathon/) this weekend as part of the site's Disrupt conference in San Francisco, CA (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/SF2011/).
We plan on speaking with some of the teams involved tomorrow, so expect more info to follow in the coming days.Spotify coming to Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/10/spotify-coming-to-ford/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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With the flurry of hype (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/07/15/why-you-should-care-about-spotify/) surrounding the launch of Spotify (http://spotify.com) in the U.S., it was just a matter of time before the streaming music provider partnered with an automaker. And today is that day.
Spotify integration will be coming to Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) vehicles equipped with the AppLink (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/AppLink/) system in the near future (we can't get a firm commitment on a time frame), allowing subscribers of the service to play songs and interact with the app using the Ford SYNC (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/SYNC/) system.
The partnership and terms are being hashed out now, just as Ford and a host of developers gear up for the TechCrunch Hack-a-Thon (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/SF2011/hackathon/) this weekend as part of the site's Disrupt conference in San Francisco, CA (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/SF2011/).
We plan on speaking with some of the teams involved tomorrow, so expect more info to follow in the coming days.Spotify coming to Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/10/spotify-coming-to-ford/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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