It’s now official – certain Proton vehicles with the Atlas Operating System will have on-board Spotify app access soon. ACO Tech, developer of Atlas (stands for ACO Tech Local Automotive Services), has announced a new partnership with Spotify, which will allow those who have the OS to use the popular music streaming service natively via the car’s head unit.
For now, the Executive, Premium and Active variants of the 2022 Proton Persona and Iriz are already running Atlas. However, we don’t know when each model will get its Spotify-related OTA update, and the release may differ between models.
ACO Tech has mentioned that Spotify will be pre-loaded into brand new Proton vehicles soon, while existing users can download the app via the A store. That’s like Google Play and the App Store, but for the Atlas ecosystem.
Both free and Premium account users will be able to use the native Spotify app on the Atlas head unit. Casting from your phone to the car via Spotify Connect is also supported. The world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service – with 422 million monthly active users and 182 million Premium subscribers as of Q1 2022, according to Statista – Spotify gives access to over 82 million audio tracks and four million podcast titles.
This latest update is certainly good news for Proton users, as it shows that ACO Tech is indeed listening to customer feedback. As a brief recap, the original GKUI OS had Unlimited Music as its default music streaming app, which was then replaced by Joox in mid-2020. The addition of Spotify is certainly more in line with what its customers want.
So, Waze or Google Map next, please ACO Tech? Or better yet, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support too while you’re at it, thanks very much!
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We want. Android auto. I am greatest user of android auto in kia picanto
Too high tech is a distraction, like watching a movie while driving. A more driver focused system that is tailor made for the car is gooder
That’s exactly what Android Auto and Apple CarPlay is.
Some users of the X50 already jailbreak the system to install spotify lmao. Acotech is too late
Sayang if you pay more for x70 & don’t get these upgrades
X70 should be the one upgraded long long time ago. Don’t forgot X70 already 3 years on the road and have huge volume of units compared X50.
ACO should fast track the new UI and not taking their time and selective too.
X70 has locked root so you can’t side load apps. I think the current X70 MC can’t be updated to new ACO software as well…either way this ACO on X50 or X90 is still no good because no Waze or Google Maps.
How about the 2019 Persona and Iriz Premium? Are they will receive Atlas OS updates from their head unit. Really unfair, all Proton GKUI head unit have received the update, 2019 Persona and Iriz are still using the old system.
Persona 2022 also old system
no android auto no guna
Useless rubbish. You people put all clunky features but somehow cannot think to put carplay and android auto which will negate the need for this individual cumbersome apps. Use head all more pls Tech Atlas. All other brands offering but you still living in 2010.
my spotify account got hacked. i stop subscribing it ever since
This is great, so is the spotify confirmed preload in the new persona mc2? Because i gonna order 1 persona MC2, currently waiting loan approval. The spotify is the thing i concern most for the infortaiment system on persona.