Just switch the toggle next to Download on the album you'd like to download to listen offline. Alternatively, click the three dots in the top right and click "Download". The amount of data that Spotify burns through will depend on the streaming quality you choose - more on this in a minute.
This is a rough guide for how much data Spotify will get through:. You can check and change the quality of streaming and download of songs using mobile data in the settings on your device. There are four different levels of streaming quality for Spotify. Streaming is all done in the Ogg Vorbis format and uses the following bitrates for each of the quality levels:. The quality level you use will depend on your preference and choices around data usage but it's worth noting that Very High is only available to Spotify Premium subscribers.
Signing up to Spotify with Facebook or connecting your Facebook account at a later date will allow you to easily find and follow friends and see what they're listening to.
The activity feed is displayed on the right-hand side of the desktop software and is a great way to pick up on friends who listen to the same music as you or poke fun at them for their latest ABBA session. You can also use the search function within the app to find friends. Head into your profile in settings and tap on the "Find Friends" button, which will allow you to find and follow more friends or artists.
If you're not on Facebook or don't want to connect your Facebook account to Spotify you can still find and follow friends, it just might be a bit more difficult in some cases. According to Spotify, the best way to find and follow a friend is to use the search box on the desktop client and use this format:. If this doesn't work, ask your friend to either copy their profile link directly from their profile page and send it to you. Alternatively, ask if they can share one of their public playlists with you.
If they created the playlist, then their username is contained within the URL as a number:. You can either use that number to find them or click on their name in the playlist to follow them. For more detailed guidance on finding friends on Spotify, see Spotify's official tutorial.
Creating a playlist is as easy as right-clicking a song and clicking "Add to Playlist" or clicking the three dots next to a song on the app. Grab your favourite songs and stick them in a playlist for your personal listening pleasure. Once you get started you'll soon find you're following playlists made by friends or curated by artists. Spotify is smart too, the more you listen, the more it learns the sort of music you like and that has an impact on the music it will present to you in future.
When you delve into the "Home" section of the app you'll find a number of recommendations based on your recent listening choices. This includes artists similar to those you've already been listening to, as well as your " Discover Weekly ", " Release Radar ", "Top Songs of [year]" and "Family Mix" playlists, among others. It's worth noting here that if you follow your favourite musicians you'll get notifications and updates when they release new content too.
To discover new music, you can either tap on the "Home" tab where you'll find plenty of options, or you can go to the "Search" tab to search for new content by category and genre. These are great ways to discover new music that's similar to your current taste but ones that you might not have otherwise listened to. One of the obvious benefits of Spotify is if you're using it on your phone then you can connect to a wealth of different Bluetooth devices and stream your content that way.
Whether that means a home audio receiver, head unit in your car, Bluetooth headphones or Bluetooth-connected speaker - there are plenty of possibilities. With Spotify Premium you can also take advantage of Spotify Connect.
Spotify Connect allows you to play your music through a variety of different Wi-Fi connected devices including everything from Wi-Fi speakers to your television, Amazon Echo , Google Home, Chromecast , PC and much more. This is great because it means you can listen to your music in more places and with more devices.
It also offers you a choice in how you control the music playing on your Spotify account. For example, if you're streaming to speakers in your lounge using your phone then you can use it as a remote control to adjust the volume, change tracks or create a party playlist while listening. If you're the proud owner of a smart home speaker like Google Home or Amazon Echo then listening to your favourite tunes on Spotify is also a breeze. All you need to do is set up Spotify as your primary music service inside the relevant app, then use your voice to command the speakers to play whatever you want.
If you have multiple devices you can also take advantage of multi-room audio functionality to broadcast Spotify tunes throughout your home. Connecting and creating groups for these devices, then broadcasting music or a playlist to those groups with your voice is a straight-forward affair and one of the highlights of owning an AI-powered smart speaker. Just drag and drop each track from the three-line icon on the far right of the screen.
Spotify has pretty much everything, but there are significant gaps in the library. As long as you have the songs on a hard drive and a Spotify Premium account, you can play everything you own in Spotify and sync it all to your phone.
To do so, add your local files to a Spotify playlist on your computer. Then, make sure your phone is connected to the same Wi-Fi hotspot. Keep in mind that it'll take up some storage space there. Of the 30 million or so songs on the service, there are a few million that no one has ever once listened to. Dude sounds like Cookie Monster, and that album cover is amazing. You're like the Magellan of music.
And once you find something that strikes the mood, you can play a radio station based on that track or album. If you have Spotify Premium, you already know you can save songs locally for offline listening. Pardon the Interruptions. Spawn Algorithmic Cousins for Your Playlists. Just start with a title, and then choose a few tracks.
Using them can teach us about your tastes so you get recommendations tailored just for you. You can also do this with artists, albums, and playlists. This way, the app will get to know what you love and want to hear more of—helping with the personalization process even more. Data Saver streams at a lower bit rate so you can listen to more music with less guilt.
Between more personalization, enhanced playlists, easily creatable playlists, and a data-saving feature, what better way is there to listen to and discover music?
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