Spotify is freeing your music from the device you use to listen to it. With a feature called “Spotify Connect,” your current listening sessions will be synced to the cloud, and you’ll be able to use any of your devices to control exactly where and how your music plays. Most importantly, this feature — alongside a set of new Spotify Connect-compatible wireless speakers — will let you switch the music you’re listening to from your phone to your stereo when you get home without stopping playback. But since it more generally allows you to separate the device you use to control playback from the device that’s actually playing music, you can set up an iPad on your kitchen counter that guests can use to browse and select songs that will then play on your speakers. Or, for a more basic use of the technology, you could just pick up the music where you left off when switching between your iPhone and iPad.
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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.