Spotify is introducing a new cloud-based feature for premium subscribers designed to make it easy to start to play music on your mobile device, then push the stream to wireless home speakers, which will continue rocking even if you wander away with your phone—similar to the way Google's Chromecast works.
Called Spotify Connect, the new service is rolling out over the next few months to iOS devices as well as home audio systems from companies such as Argon, Bang & Olufsen, Denon, Hama, Marantz, Philips, Pioneer, Revo, Teufel, and Yamaha.
Connecting Spotify
Think of Spotify Connect as a remote control for Spotify—a remote that lets you switch quickly between devices. You can, for example, start listening to a playlist on your iPhone, and then when you get home switch to listening on your home stereo or iPad.
The list of audio manufacturers pledged to support Spotify Connect.
That may sound a lot like other services that let you share data and files between devices, such as Miracast or Apple's AirPlay functionality. But instead of streaming music from your iPhone directly to a pair of speakers, Connect streams the music directly from Spotify's servers.
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