This feature isn’t available by default, you have to turn it on in Google Maps app settings to have music controls appear when navigating.
Having music controls in Google Maps can mean listening to your music and podcasts can be more enjoyable when you’re walking, biking, or driving to a destination. Google Maps lets you add music controls to its app so you don’t have to switch between apps to control your music while you’re navigating. You can use these music controls in the Google Maps app so you don’t have to switch between two apps as you’re navigating and listening to music.īy taking a few minutes to enable music controls in Google Maps, you can make listening to music and podcasts while navigating easier and safer.Īdding Music Controls to the Google Maps App You can get music controls to appear in the Google Maps app for Spotify, as well as for Apple Music and YouTube Music.
Can you do an article on how to get Spotify controls in the Google Maps app on the iPhone? Thanks for all of your great articles, they’re very helpful to me!Ī. You’re welcome, and you’re correct. I know The Wonder of Tech has done articles on using Google Maps. She showed me how she had Spotify in Google Maps on her phone, but I couldn’t figure out how to get it on my phone.
She said that I could set Google Maps on my iPhone so that I could control Spotify without having to leave the Google Maps app. I also use my phone to listen to music and podcasts on Spotify, and I recently had someone in my car who told me I could control the music from within Google Maps so I don’t have to switch back and forth between two apps. I use Google Maps on my iPhone to get directions to different places.