What's this about?
MINI has introduced another way to listen to music on the move with an app that allows in-car use of the Spotify music streaming service. This is the latest third-party App, which gives access to over 20 million songs.
How does it work?
You need to have a car with MINI Visual Boost Radio and MINI Connected or the MINI Media Pack. It also depends on having an iPhone 4s and at least iOS7. The Spotify App itself is free to download; once installed and the phone connected to the car you can browse the music library by genre, artist, album and track. Users can view album artwork and create playlists - although hopefully not while driving!
What else can you do?
A variety of Apps are available for MINI owners, including a large number of online music services. MINI Connected also provides access to social media such as Facebook, Twitter and foursquare. When you have finished sorting out your music and checking out what your friends are up to and want to go for a drive there is MINI Connected XL Journey Mate to provide directions, travel information and locate a car park.
John Lambert - 1 Dec 2014