According to a report, Spotify has quietly rolled out support for real-time lyrics on the Google Nest Hub 9to5google, The feature, already available on iOS, Android, game consoles, desktop computers, and select smart TVs, lets you listen to music on Spotify while watching a stream of songs that proceed along with the song.
Although Spotify has not formally announced the launch of the feature, several users – at. including more people 9to5google — Report real-time lyrics discovery on their Nest Hub device. as 9to5google Notes, you can access the feature by tapping the song icon that appears in the lower-right corner of the screen when selecting a song. The video embedded below shows this feature in action.
It’s not entirely clear when Spotify rolled out this feature or where it’s available. ledge reached out to Spotify with a request for comment but did not immediately hear back.
At launch, Spotify only made real-time songs available to users in select countries located in South America, Central America, and Asia. It expanded the feature globally last November, giving everyone a chance to sing karaoke or learn new song lyrics. Although the real-time lyrics are provided by music data company Musicmatch, Spotify previously partnered with Genius for its “Behind the Lyrics” feature, which techcrunch Reports have since been closed in favor of real-time lyrics.
The Amazon Echo Show and Meta Portal already have a similar karaoke-friendly feature that lets you display album art and real-time song lyrics via Amazon Music. And while YouTube Music rolled out a lyrics feature for Android, iOS, and the web in 2020, lyrics don’t move along with songs, meaning you’ll have to manually scroll through them as you listen. It looks like this feature hasn’t come to the Nest Hub yet.