All the ways to listen to your favorite music with Spotify, discover new songs and organize playlists and favorite songs
Spotify is undoubtedly the most popular service for streaming music, as it can be used with a free account (albeit with advertising and other limits) on practically every device we know. In reality there are very few users who know and take full advantage of its potential, so you can fully enjoy the most customizable music player that currently exists in the world.
In this guide we have therefore collected all the best ones Spotify tips and tricksso you can listen to music, on PC, smartphone, tablet and via the web for free and with limits all in all accept them (unless you pay for the Premium version).
How to download Spotify on PC, smartphone and tablet
You can download Spotify on PC both as a program and as an app. For Windows 10 it’s easy to find Spotify directly from the Microsoft Store; alternatively we can download the specific app for Windows or for other operating systems (Mac and Linux) by going to the official page and clicking on Download Spotify Free.
I respect the smartphone version, Spotify on PC or via website is really free to listen to all the music you want without limitations. There are some commercials every now and then, but you can search and choose the song to listen to without any problem.
To listen to Spotify music on a smartphone or tablet, all we have to do is download the specific app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store; if we use a Huawei phone or an Android device without a dedicated store, we can always download the Spotify APK from the APKPure website.
The app on iPhone and Android, if used for free and without a subscription, does not allow you to listen to a specific song, but only to search for playlists and authors. Spotifydy will then do a shuffle.
How to use Spotify Web
On PC, Mac and Linux we can also avoid downloading the Spotify app, since the music cloud service works very well Spotify Web accessible from the official website.
Once the indicated site is open, press the button at the top right Login and log in with our Spotify account, using if necessary also the Facebook, Google, or Apple account to speed up access (an account based on our personal information will be immediately created). The site’s functions are practically identical to those of the app, with the difference that we can listen to music in a comfortable browser screen.
How to search and save songs, albums or collections
Spotify contains several million songs to search for: the starting point of each search is obviously the search bar (present at the top or side of the menu Near), in which it is possible to enter the name of the song, album, singer or group we want to listen to.
Once we have found the content that suits us, we can add it to our favorites by pressing the button follow, so you can find it again later; for the individual songs, just press the heart button to save the song to your favourites and thus find it in the personal playlist of favorite music. You can also press the title of a song with the right mouse button to then add it to a playlist or create a new one.
If you find a playlist you like, you can also press the heart button here to add the list to your favorites section. At the bottom left of the window you will find your saved playlists, both those created by us and those added to your favourites.
To access saved content and followed artists or albums, all we have to do is press on the menu Your library.
How to create personal playlists
Creating playlists will allow us to put the songs we like in order, so that we can only listen to those that best suit our mood. To create a playlist, all we have to do is press on the item Create playlists and start collecting songs.
To add a single song to the playlist click on it with the left mouse button, select the item Add to playlist and select, in the bulleted list that will appear, the playlist to add it to. We remind you that by clicking on the name of the playlist (after having selected it) we can also change its name, so as not to have problems recognizing it in the future.
The playlists created from the PC can also be accessed from smartphones and tablets and vice versa.
How to access categories and recommendations
One of the most useful functions of Spotify is undoubtedly the section Browse allavailable from the menu Near. In this section we can find the automatic playlists created according to our musical tastes, the news of the moment, the new releases but also various categories of music based on mood (mood), the type of activity to be carried out (workout music, relaxing music or work music) or according to the musical genre we prefer (the various Rock, Metal, Pop, etc.).
Searching for a particular group or singer, we will also see named collections appear This iswhich allow you to immediately listen to the artist’s most popular and downloaded songs without having to search for them one by one.
How to download songs and albums for offline listening
Another very famous feature on Spotify is the song download for offline listening, which can only be done from the various downloadable apps on the devices (it is not available from Spotify Web). To download a playlist or an album, right-click or hold your finger on the screen (on tablets and smartphones), then select the icon Downloads or we activate the switch next to the entry Downloads. Downloaded albums or playlists will be saved in the menu Your library.
Unfortunately this function is only available in the Spotify Premium version and is subject to limitations: in fact, we cannot download more than 10,000 songs per device, on a maximum of 5 different devices. To keep downloads we need to connect to the Internet at least once every 30 days.
How to increase the quality of music
On Spotify we can also choose the quality of the music played. By increasing the audio quality on Spotify we will be able to listen to the songs with a better audio performance, ideal when we are on a Wi-Fi network and we want to push the quality of the songs we listen to every day to the maximum. Unfortunately, the audio quality changes according to the type of subscription we subscribe to and according to the playback device (whether app or web):
- Spotify web: with the free account the maximum quality is AAC 128 kbit/swhile with the Premium subscription the quality rises to AAC 256 kbit/s.
- Spotify apps: with the free account the maximum selectable quality is High (equal to about 160 kbit/s), while with the Premium subscription we can also select the voice Very high (equal to about 320 kbit/s).
To change the audio quality, open the app, press the icon Settings and finally press on Audio quality or Music quality.
Spotify app settings on PC
The Spotify program has a settings menu as seen above. In this menu, in addition to the music quality options, those under the section are important Spootifywhere you can choose whether to make your playlists public, whether to listen to music in anonymous modewhether to share the songs you listen to and whether to see recently listened artists on the homepage.
There are other important options below as well Local files, to be able to use Spotify as a program to play mp3s saved on your computer as well. In the advanced settings you can indicate the folder where music files are saved on the PC.
Under Advanced settingsyou can also activate the fade between one song and another and then activate or deactivate theautomixto switch from one song to another in playlists.
Conclusions
Spotify is truly an exceptional service for listening to free music without having to rely on piracy, given that with the free account we will have access to all the songs (albeit with some limits). Summing up in the end the price of the Premium subscription for Spotify is also justified especially if you want to listen to your favorite music using your smartphone without interruptions, without the need for an internet connection and at the highest possible quality.
To learn more, we can also read our guides Listen to Spotify while we play on PC And How to listen to Spotify in the car.