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Your Job Might Give You Free Spotify Premium

It’s common for workplaces to provide benefits through third-party companies, like discounts at certain stores or various memberships. One benefit might become more common in the coming weeks and months: a Spotify Premium sub…

Spotify’s New AI Is a Personal DJ

Spotify has a massive library of music for streaming, but its strongest selling point might be how it recommends music. Now the service is upgrading that feature with a new AI-powered personal DJ.

How to Make Spotify Louder

Is Spotify’s volume too quiet when you’re listening to music and podcasts? Even if you’ve already moved the volume slider to maximum, you can change one setting in your Spotify app to get louder audio. Here’s how to enable it…

Why Spotify Shuffle is Not Truly Random

If you’ve ever used the shuffle button on Spotify, you’ve probably noticed it often doesn’t feel random at all. Turns out this is by design, and there’s actually a lot that goes into how shuffle works on Spotify….

How to Find Your Spotify Wrapped 2022

The end of the year means one thing for music lovers—Spotify Wrapped 2022 is here! This fun annual recap is one of the reasons why so many people use Spotify. We’ll show you how to find yours.

How to Shuffle a Playlist on Spotify

You can easily spice up your Spotify listening experience by shuffling your playlists. By shuffling, your favorite songs will play in random order, surprising you with each beat drop. We’ll show you how to shuffle on Spotify …

How Do Audiobooks Work on Spotify?

Spotify wants to be your one-stop for all your listening needs. It has music, podcasts, and most recently, audiobooks. The audiobook experience on Spotify is a bit different than you might expect. Let’s take a look….

How to Unblock Spotify

Spotify is one of the best ways to stream music on your smartphone, tablet or laptop, but it’s not always accessible everywhere. We’ll go over a few ways in which you can unblock Spotify, no matter if it’s your school, employ…

10 Very Weird Spotify Playlists

Playlists are a huge part of Spotify, and anyone can create their own public playlists for others to enjoy. People get very creative with playlists—as they should—but some take it to the extreme. Let’s get weird….

How to Get the Most Out of Spotify Premium

Spotify has a few Premium plans to choose from. If you pay for one of them, you should make sure you’re getting the most out of your monthly subscription fee. We’ll help you get your money’s worth.

What Is Spotify, and Is It Free?

With so many streaming services available, it can be difficult to know what each has to offer. Spotify is one of the biggest names in streaming. We’ll explain what it is and whether you need to pay for it….

Why Is It Called Spotify?

Spotify is handily the most popular streaming music service. All that popularity makes a seemingly made-up word like “Spotify” feel like a fairly generic brand name. The true story behind that name was hidden for a while….

How to Recover Deleted Spotify Playlists

Playlists are a huge part of the Spotify experience. There are many premade playlists to choose from, but it’s more fun to make your own. What if you delete one of your playlists by mistake? It’s not gone forever….

How to Use the Spotify Web Player

Spotify is one of the most popular streaming music—and podcast—platforms around. A big part of that success is the ubiquity of the Spotify app. It’s available on every phone, tablet, and computer you can imagine, includin…
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