To enable voice commands open the Spotify app, tap the gear icon, tap Voice Interactions and tap "Hey Spotify." Once you give the app permission to use your microphone, you can say commands like, "Hey, Spotify, play Dolly Parton," or "Hey, Spotify, next song." To turn voice commands off, open the Spotify app, tap the gear icon and tap Voice Interactions.
Siri or Alexa voice commands are a convenient way to get things done hands-free, and you can use them in Spotify. The feature won't work if you use Spotify's repeat feature for albums or playlists. Autoplay works whether you shuffle an album or playlist or play them straight through. If disabled, the music stops once the album ends. If enabled, after your Action Bronson album ends, you might start hearing Chance the Rapper or Mac Miller. You'll see the options On this device and On other devices under Autoplay. This feature is automatically on, but to turn it off or back on, open the Spotify app, tap the gear icon, tap Playback and scroll down to Autoplay. If the album or playlist you are listening to comes to an end, Autoplay will play similar songs to the album or playlist that ended.
Pick one second to have a slight overlap or 12 seconds to listen as one song spins up as another winds down. Above Gapless Playback, there is a Crossfade slider that lets you adjust how much overlap songs have with each other. To turn it on, open the Spotify app, tap the gear icon, tap Playback and tap Gapless Playback. Turning on Gapless Playback can make the songs on a playlist or album overlap so it feels like a continuous flow of music from your favorite DJ.
Once enabled, premium members will be able to listen to downloaded songs and podcasts and free users will be able to listen to downloaded podcasts.
To enable Offline mode, open the Spotify app, tap the gear icon, tap Playback and Offline will be an option at the top of the menu. Offline mode can be good if you're running out of data on your mobile plan, or if you only want to listen to what you've downloaded.
There's also an option to only download the audio from video podcasts to save memory on your phone. You can choose to set your audio quality to low or stream the audio from video podcasts when you aren't on Wi-Fi. To turn Data Saver on, open the Spotify app, tap the gear icon and tap Data Saver. Spotify's Data Saver is one way you can save money while using the app. On the next page, tap Go to radio, and you will be taken to that artist's radio playlist. Find an artist's radio pageĭid you know there's an easier way to find an artist's radio playlist instead of searching through their Spotify page? Open an artist's page or album, tap the three dots settings button next to the Follow button. Here are 10 Spotify features on the mobile app to use to get the most of the service. If you've only listened to music or podcasts in the Spotify mobile app and never changed the settings, you're missing out on features that can improve your listening experience. Spotify has over 406 million users worldwide who enjoy a wide range of musical artists, as well as a large selection of audio and video podcasts.