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In hopes of growing its user base, music streaming service Spotify is offering more free listening options to users. The company announced Wednesday that it is bringing a free, ad-supported version of its service to tablets and smartphones. Previously mobile users could only access Spotify’s radio service for free.
The new tablet version of Spotify will mimic the free desktop app by allowing users complete control over what music they choose. The free smartphone version, available for iOS and Android, will allow users to shuffle randomly through their own playlists, playlists by friends and artists’ catalogues. Users won’t be able to select individual songs on demand with the mobile version, and neither the tablet or mobile apps will let people download songs to their device, a feature of the premium version of Spotify. The new features will be available today.
The company also announced that music from iconic rock band Led Zeppelin is being added to the service today. The band’s catalogue had previously been unavailable from on-demand music streaming services.
Though Spotify is enhancing its free options, the company has long emphasized that its goal is to convert people from free users into subscribers that pay $9.99 per month. It generates significantly more revenue through subscriptions than through ads. As of March 2013, the company had 24 million users, of which 6 million are paying subscribers.
The shift to more free options comes as even more competitors prep to enter the already crowded music streaming space. YouTube, already the most popular website for watching music videos, is planning a more organized music streaming service for early 2014 with a focus on making mobile listening easier. Beats Electronics, the company behind the popular Beats by Dre headphones, will launch a streaming service focused on hand-curated playlists in January. Meanwhile new Internet radio service iTunes Radio is steadily racking up listening hours, while Pandora remains a music streaming juggernaut with more than 70 million monthly listeners.
Spotify has ambitions to trump all these competitors and generate more revenue for the company and the music industry in the process. More free music will certainly give the service more happy users. It’s unclear whether it will eventually lead to more money too.
You can quickly mark a few Spotify playlists and make them available offline directly from your phone — your computer doesn’t need to be on because you download tracks directly from Spotify’s own server.
Connect to a Wi-Fi network to do this procedure when possible, rather than 3G, because Wi-Fi is probably a lot faster and, depending on your data plan, should cost less, too.
There’s an option in your settings that allows you to turn syncing over 2.5G/3G networks on or off to avoid unnecessary data costs. On the iPhone, go to Settings and ensure the Sync over 2G/3G switch is in the Off position (it appears gray, not green, when it’s set to Off). On Android, go to More→Settings and make sure Sync over 3G is unchecked.
iPhone and Android devices are the most popular. For those of you using another device, the information in the following sections should still help you find your way, and you can also check the Spotify Mobile page for help.
Sync offline Spotify playlists by using the iPhone
To copy tracks on to your iPhone and listen to them later without a data connection, follow these steps:
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Open Spotify on your mobile device.
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Select Playlists at the bottom-left of the window to access a list of your playlists (if they don’t already appear), and then touch Edit at the top-right to enter Edit mode.On the right side of each playlist while in Edit mode, you see the Sync symbol, represented by a down arrow. Any green sync symbol means the playlist has already been synced to your phone; if it’s gray, it isn’t available in Offline mode.
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Mark any playlists you want to make available offline by tapping their gray symbols.Any playlists you tap turn green.
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When you finish selecting playlists, touch Done.The syncing process begins, as long as you’re online and connected to Wi-Fi (if you’ve turned syncing over 2.5G/3G off in your settings).
You can also sync playlists while you’re actually in one. On the iPhone, swipe your finger across the silver Available Offline switch at the top-right of the screen to turn Offline mode on (or off). When on, the switch is green and says Yes. When off, it’s gray and says No.
See also Share Spotify Tracks on the iPhone.
Sync offline Spotify playlists by using an Android device
Spotify app home page blank iphone. https://everpicture454.weebly.com/blog/free-way-to-get-music-on-spotify. To copy tracks onto your Android device and listen to them later without a data connection, follow these steps:
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Log into the Spotify application to view all your playlists.
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Touch the Edit Offline Playlists button to enter Spotify’s Edit mode.
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Mark all the playlists you want to make available offline by selecting the check boxes next to their names.
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Touch Done.A blue progress bar appears next to the playlist name, and a green progress bar appears at the top of the screen, telling you how many songs you have left to sync.
Alternatively, when you’re in a playlist, follow these steps to sync that playlist for Offline mode:
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Log into the Spotify application on your Android to view all your playlists.
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Press and hold a playlist that you want to make available offline.An Options pop-up window appears.
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Select Available Offline.The playlist starts syncing automatically.
See also How to Share Spotify Tracks on Android.
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For both iPhone and Android, songs continue to sync as long as the application is open.