Spotify beta hints at Android XR glasses playlists: music based on your surroundings

A recent Spotify beta suggests the company is getting something ready for Android XR smart glasses. Strings in the app point to a feature that would use Google Gemini to build playlists and control playback based on what’s in front of you.

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Those same strings mention Google Android XR support, Gemini integration, and Google account linking. Put together, they hint at a setup where someone could ask for music that fits a city street, a beach, or a café, and Spotify would either build a playlist or kick off a radio-style session, instead of making them pull out their phone and search manually.

If that’s where this is headed, it would carry Spotify features like Discover Weekly and its text-prompt playlist tools into Google’s expected Intelligent Eyewear push with partners such as Samsung, Qualcomm, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster. It would also put Spotify in more direct competition with Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, which already let people discover music based on what’s around them.

If you use Spotify all the time and you’re curious about smart glasses, this sounds like something to keep an eye on if it ships in the form these strings suggest. Spotify still hasn’t confirmed a release date, which devices would support it, what languages it would work in, or whether it would be available across all Android XR models.

You can download Spotify on Android right now, but this smart glasses feature hasn’t been announced and isn’t available yet.