I recently saw an EAP release of 8.0 (US) and they have redone the media player, and I can confirm there is no longer a Slacker. It has been replaced with Spotify.
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Spotify for the US coming end of Summer
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eye.surgeon
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eye.surgeon
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Can you give us any more details on how the revised media player looks/works? Any improvements in iphone integration?
Based off leaks and the Spotify help for Tesla owners, you do get a free Premium account but it can only be used in the car.
I have the Tesla "standard" Plus subscription right now. I've been waiting for it to expire to upgrade, but so far Tesla hasn't shut off the Slacker gravy train.
I would certainly be willing to try Spotify. I thought Pandora was da bomb before Tesla introduced me to Slacker. I just want the option to choose. If Tesla is going to whack my Slacker account, I'd like the option to transfer it to a "personal" account first to preserve my stations.
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Few more details via Electrek just to add to the above:
Tesla to soon release Spotify app integration in its vehicles in the US
Tesla to soon release Spotify app integration in its vehicles in the US
Haha, I have the exact same radio station and I completely agree. It always starts with Everlong and goes through the same rotation.
ldgrmnmc
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I pay for Slacker Radio Plus ($5/month----not premium), and I have found it to be superior to Pandora which suffers from intense repetition. If Spotify is coming, I hope we can keep Slacker also.
Did you happen to notice if it got any more station presets? I know this is a controversial subject, with many arguing it's unnecessary, but I personally have more than 6 stations I like to listen to on XM....
For internet radio don't you have Favorites rather than presets? I have well over a dozen favorites for Slacker, many of them artists based like "Bruce Springsteen" and others are the pre-canned Genre channels on Slacker like "Traditional Blues". I don't know that there really is a finite limit for these.
ldgrmnmc
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Sorry. I'm referring to the number of FM/XM presets. I also have dozens of "favorites" on Internet radio.
Gizmotoy
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I do, and I've found it useful on trips where there is poor LTE coverage. Slacker would not work for long stretches between DC and Atlanta and between Atlanta and Orlando for lack of signal. I also like having the audio from the major TV news stations (CNN, Fox, etc.), comedy channels, morning shows.... I love slacker and use it quite a bit, but when it starts to repeat tracks too much or cut out from poor cell coverage, I'll jump over to XM. Seems to me that one is not superior to another empirically, but that the two compliment each other well.
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