patois
On iPhone and iPad
- Get Patois from TestFlight, open it once and pick Spotify.
- In Settings › Apps › Safari › Extensions, turn on Patois and allow the websites it asks for.
- Tap a Apple Music link. Safari passes it to Patois, and it opens in Spotify.
If a link opens in another app, or you'd rather not use Safari, long-press it and choose Share › Patois.
Apple's Music app comes with the iPhone, so an Apple Music link may jump straight into it. When that happens, go back to the link, long-press it and choose Share › Patois.
On a computer
- Chrome: add Patois from the Chrome Web Store and pin it to the toolbar. Click its icon, pick Spotify, then click Apple Music links as usual.
- Mac: get Patois from TestFlight and open it once. In Safari › Settings › Extensions, turn on Patois and allow the websites it asks for.
What opens
| The link is for | What you get |
|---|---|
| Songs | The same song in Spotify, or a search if Patois isn't sure |
| Albums | The same album in Spotify, or a search if Patois isn't sure |
| Artists | The same artist in Spotify, or a search if Patois isn't sure |
| Podcasts | Opens in Spotify, at the exact episode when Patois can find it, or at the show |
| Playlists | Don't open. A playlist only exists inside one service |
How it finds the right song
Your device reads the song's details from the public Apple Music page. Patois then checks its own list of matching music, built from the open MusicBrainz database. If the song isn't there, it asks Spotify directly and compares title, artist and length.
If it still isn't sure, Spotify opens on a search for the song. Apple Music links also carry a country, and not every song is available everywhere, so a search is the usual result for a song your region doesn't have.