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Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi
Waymo now lets you stream music straight from Spotify, which makes the backseat of a robotaxi feel more like your own private space.
I’m riding in the back of a Waymo that’s autonomously navigating the busy streets of San Francisco with relative ease thanks to 29 external cameras, six radar, and five lidar sensors all feeding into an AI model. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised this week to see that Waymo launched a Spotify integration allowing users to seamlessly link the music streaming and robotaxi hailing services. Controlling the Waymo’s tunes with your phone (Credit: Maxwell Zeff)In the end, the Spotify integration made my robotaxi feel more personalized; I was even able to tweak the bass, subwoofer, and treble levels in the car’s speakers.
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