Nintendo Music on the dashboard: Mario soundtracks now play on CarPlay and Android Auto
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Update 1.6.0 brings Nintendo Music to car displays, iPad and Siri search — Mario soundtracks now stream on the dashboard, but the Switch Online subscription is still mandatory.
The Nintendo Music app has made it onto car screens. Version 1.6.0 adds support for Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, iPad and track search via Siri — soundtracks from Nintendo games can now be played straight from the car’s built-in infotainment system.
The driver’s workflow is simple: plug in the phone and the music from Nintendo games appears on the in-car display. The interface follows the familiar layout of media apps for CarPlay and Android Auto, so anyone coming from Spotify or YouTube Music won’t have to relearn anything. You can pick a soundtrack manually or fire up a shuffle that mixes tracks from different games at random.
The catalogue already includes music from Mario Kart World (the soundtrack arrived as a fresh addition alongside the update), Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Bros., Animal Crossing, Wii Sports and Metroid Prime. Nintendo has promised to keep adding new soundtracks. There’s also an offline mode: tracks can be downloaded to the phone in advance and played without an internet connection — handy on the road where coverage tends to come and go.
If the car lacks CarPlay or Android Auto, the app can still be used over Bluetooth. Just start playback on the phone and lock the screen — the music keeps going in the background.
The main catch is access. Nintendo Music requires a paid Nintendo Switch Online subscription, and without it the tracks won’t play on the phone or in the car.
The app isn’t trying to replace the major music services — and it isn’t pretending to. But for fans, it’s a rare case where the morning commute can start not with the radio, but with the soundtrack from Mario.
