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- You can access hidden playlists by searching for “fit for you” or specific genres in the search bar. Find personalized playlists based on your listening history.
- Enhance your Spotify experience with Car Mode for an intuitive interface while driving, enable high-quality audio for better sound, and use the sleep timer to fall asleep to your favorite music or podcast.
- Play Snake right inside the Spotify app with the Eat This Playlist feature.
Spotify It’s the most popular music streaming service in the world, but despite its widespread use, there are some features that older users may not be aware of. Some of these features are hidden deep within the app’s settings and may not be visible unless the user learns about them from someone else or by reading about them online.
Many of Spotify’s best features center around playlists, with seemingly endless custom playlists created for each user. While some of these playlists are easy to access, others can be found using specific search terms. Spotify also has a few other hidden gems, including special modes that can be used in the car, and even its own version of Snake, which can be played right inside the app. Here’s a roundup of the 10 best Spotify hacks to get the most out of the streaming app.
10 Find specific Made For You playlists.
Spotify’s homepage displays many recommendations, including different mixes and playlists based on the user’s favorite artists and genres, songs, recently played podcasts, and more. The content displayed on the main page is updated regularly, as are the tracks in the individual playlists. In addition to these recommendations, Spotify also has “Made for you” playlists based on the user’s listening history.
Some of your custom playlists can be displayed on the home screen and others can be found by clicking the search button and selecting “do youplates. In addition, users can type “do youin the search bar to see more results. Another way to search for Made for You playlists is to type “Type: [genre name]in the field of research. For example, users can type “Genre: indieTo view various Indie playlists. Playlists created specifically for the user will be displayed.do you‘the text.
9 Use Spotify Radio to search for similar songs
Have you ever heard a song on Spotify and wondered how to find similar songs? Spotify has a great feature called “radiothat automates this process. The feature creates a collection of songs based on what the user is currently listening to. To access Spotify Radio, go to any artist, album, playlist or song, click the three dots and select “Go to the radioto create a playlist. Users can start listening, download the entire playlist, or even click the + button to save it to their library and listen to it later.
8 Find artist playlists by searching for “This Is”
Continuing with its great playlist features, Spotify has another search trick that lets users find artist-specific playlists. By going to the artists profile, users will see that artist’s top songs, while scrolling down will show all of their albums and various playlists that feature that artist. However, if the user wants to view a playlist only specific artist, they can click on the search button and type “This is [artist name]To find a playlist of the artist’s best songs.
While this feature does not work with all artists,This isPlaylists are available for the most popular artists and bands. For example, typing “This is The WeekndIt will display a playlist from Spotify as the first result. Users can also use this search combination to search for playlists of a specific decade or year.
7 Use Spotify’s car mode
While the Spotify Car Thing may be dead, the app has a built-in car mode that allows users to stream their favorite music tracks or podcasts in an intuitive interface. Car Mode is enabled by default after users connect their phone to their car’s infotainment system via a Bluetooth USB/AUX cable, Spotify Connect, Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.
In car mode, everything on the phone’s screen is magnified, with bigger icons on the home screen and easier-to-click-now-play controls. Users can also click the microphone icon and use voice control to play a track. To enable or disable car mode, tap the Home button and then Settings (gear icon). deal withCARTurn the switch next to itcar mode“on or off.”
6 Enable high quality audio
Spotify doesn’t yet have Hi-Fi, but users can enable higher-quality audio in the app. Spotify Free users have access to three audio modes – low (about 24 kbit/s), normal (about 96 kbit/s), high (about 160 kbit/s). To change the sound quality, tap the Home button and select the Settings icon in the upper right corner. deal withsound qualityfrom the list and then select the preferred option.
Those with Spotify Premium also have the option to stream in very high quality (around 320 kbit/s). This setup delivers clean sound with much more detail when paired with high-end headphones or earphones. Users can choose to enable high-quality audio over Wi-Fi, cellular data, or both. In addition, they can also choose the audio quality of the downloads.
5 Exclude music from your taste profile
Spotify’s Taste Profile is the app’s interpretation of a user’s taste in music, based on what they listen to. Spotify processes this data and then uses it to personalize user recommendations, including what users see on their home page or in the Weekly Discover section. The data collected has some downsides, for example, when a user plays children’s music and those artists and albums are included in their taste profile.
As a workaround, Spotify has an “Exclude from Taste Profile” feature that allows users to exclude a playlist from their Taste Profile. To do this, press the three dots at the top of the playlist and select “Except for your taste profile.If a user wants to add a specific playlist to their taste profile, they can follow the same steps and select.Include it in your flavor profile.It should be noted that this feature only works with playlists, not artists and albums.
4 Use Crossfade for smooth transitions
Longtime Spotify users may have heard of Crossfade. Traditionally used by DJs, this feature is also useful for users who want music to flow smoothly from one track to another. Crossfade overlaps two tracks by fading in at the end of the first track and fading in to the next track. To enable the feature, users need to go to Spotify’s settings menu, select “employment,“then, under”Fadeddrag the slider to choose the length of the effect.
Users can choose from a crossfade time between 0 and 12 seconds. In addition, they can click on the switch next to “Running without gaps”, which eliminates the gap between the end of one song and the beginning of another.
3 Fall asleep to music with the sleep timer
Users who like to fall asleep listening to their favorite music will appreciate Spotify’s built-in sleep timer. When enabled, Spotify will stop playback after a set amount of time. The feature can be accessed from the Now Playing screen while listening to music. Once on the screen, press the three dots in the upper right corner, scroll to the bottom of the menu and select “Sleep timer.Users can choose from five minutes to an hour’s duration, or stop playing after a section is complete.
The sleep timer is also available for podcasts, but is accessed differently. To find the option, start playing a podcast and tap the clock icon on the Now Playing screen. Select the appropriate timer duration from the available options.
2 Access Spotify on Google Maps
Thanks to a partnership with Google Maps, Spotify users can now access their music in the app while on the go. To activate this feature, open Google Maps on your phone or tablet, tap your profile picture in the upper right corner, and select “settings.In the next menu, tapnavigation,‘and choose’Music playback controlsIf you are using an iPhone, orShow media playback controlsIf you are using an Android phone.
From the available options, select “Spotify, which opens Spotify in the browser to confirm. he choosesapprovesIn the end, that’s it. From now on, users can stream music via Spotify directly within Google Maps whenever navigation is used.
1 Play Spotify’s Hidden Snake
Not many users know this, but Spotify has a hidden Snake game called ‘Eat this playlist.To play the game, open any playlist in the music streaming app, tap the three-dot button, and selecteat this playlist’ option at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
This unlocks Spotify Snake, where the snake is fed individual songs in the playlist, represented as album art. Spotify plays the song that is currently on the screen and once the snake eats it, it starts playing the next song in the playlist. After the playlist ends, it starts playing again, so users can continue playing Snake until they lose the game.
