

He used it as a starting point for his Shortify Actions app, which let you "save links to almost any kind of content" for use with Siri Shortcuts.

Redditor fernix96 ( Lorenzo Ferrante) hooked into that and created a shortcut that let you use Siri to play a track or playlist on Spotify in iOS 12. With the Shortcuts app, you can build workflows to automate complex tasks, most of which can you can activate with a simple, customized Siri command. Spotify resisted using SiriKit and the Shortcuts API up until Apple began letting any music app hook into Siri's capabilities, so it had to jump on board in iOS 13 to compete against other services, leaving its in-app Spotify Voice tool somewhat useless unless you're running iOS 11 or 12. All you can do is open the Spotify app, then pause and skip tracks with Siri after you start playing a song manually.

But if you're on iOS 12 still, you're missing out. In iOS 13 and later, Spotify supports Siri commands, something we've wanted ever since Siri and Spotify were things.
