Feeling lucky? Tell to ‘ay some music’

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 24 Mar 2014

For all those times when you can’t decide what you want to hear, a new “play some music” voice comm for Android phones should do the trick.

The voice comm is available through the Search app for Android. If you subscribe to ay Music l Access, it’ll open “I’m Feeling cky Radio,” a station based on your personal tastes. Non-subscribers can still use the voice comm to open a shuffled playlist of their ay Music tracks.

As Android lice notes, the “play some music” comm would be ideal for Android ar. Imagine, for instance, being able to play music over your car’s Bluetooth audio system while leaving your phone in your pocket, instead using the watch to initiate playback.

Bear in mind that ay Music isn’t the only music app that works with Search voice comms. Other apps—including as Spotify, ra, Rdio—can also open artist-based music stations when you say “play (artist)” or “listen to (artist).” To switch to these other apps, just tap the music app icon that appears after the search, select your app of choice. Unfortunately, the more generic “play some music” comm only works with ay Music.

st week, also added a way to open your phone’s camera app by saying “take a video” or “take a photo” in Search. The need for this feature isn’t quite as obvious, but it could be useful for camera-equipped smartwatches or phones that have the Now uncher installed.