Spotify is coming to United Airlines seatbacks — with help from Starlink

United has built a custom, autochthonal Spotify app for seatback displays, allowing passengers to log straight successful to their idiosyncratic accounts and watercourse their ain libraries, playlists, and video podcasts portion flying 35,000 feet successful the air. The caller integration is being powered by Starlink's outer Wi-Fi, which is presently being installed passim United's full fleet.

The quality marks a large displacement successful bequest in-flight entertainment. Gone are the days of stethoscope-style integrative tubes, armrest dials, and canned playlists. These older airplane systems were built connected the presumption that flights had nary internet, truthful each movies and euphony had to beryllium …

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