Sweden, the home country of Spotify, is piloting an emergency alert system.
According to technologist and reverse engineer, Chris Messina, code references discovered within the Spotify app suggest that the company is considering developing a mechanism to assist in notifying the public about significant events or interruptions of crucial services.
The company is reportedly considering a mechanism to assist in disseminating public alerts about things like “accidents, serious events, or disruptions of important services,” based on code references discovered within the Spotify app.
According to Chris Messina’s theory, Spotify subscribers might be compelled to enable their app notifications by an emergency alert service.
It’s common for users to turn off notifications from non-essential apps, such as social networking or entertainment ones, which makes it more challenging for the app to draw in users and promote its updated features.
Strangely, no regulation exists in Sweden requiring any app to offer its consumers this kind of service. However, Messina surmised that Spotify would like to force consumers to turn on their app notifications.
According to Spotify, they frequently test new features for the music-streaming service. Sometimes the tested features—like an emergency warning system—provide crucial support without improving user experience.
“We routinely carry out a number of tests in an effort to improve user experience,” Spotify said. “Some of these tests eventually pave the way for our wider user experience while most of them only serve as important learning.”
Similarly, Google claimed that the Android system can notify consumers of impending earthquakes before any shaking occurs.
Legislators in the United States have previously considered mandating that emergency warnings be supported by cable TV systems, radio stations, and internet video and streaming apps.
We earlier reported that Spotify has released a beta version of AI playlists, a new feature that allows users to create playlists based on textual commands.
