Top 10 Hidden Tricks of Spotify to Become a Musical Wizard
31 October 2023
Spotify is one of the biggest music platforms with a humongous user base around the world, yet a lot of users are still unable to use its full potential. Find out how to do that.
Spotify is currently 15 years old and this Swedish music startup is now one of the biggest and most influential music platforms around the world. This platform has changed the traditional way of listening to music and now has become an integral part of every music lover’s life. But, there are still a lot of tricks that users can do on the platform but are not aware of. For this reason, Spotify has also started hosting a ‘Tips and Tricks’ podcast to empower the users on the platform. Let’s explore the top 10 tricks that can offer you a better and more exciting musical experience on the platform.
1. Fine Tune Recommendations
You can fine-tune your recommendations in simple steps. Simply go over the playlist that you don’t want to be jumbled up and tap on the three dots at the top of the playlist. Choose the option 'Exclude from your Taste Profile' and it will not get into your personal favorites.
2. Find Old Wrapped Playlists
It is the time of the year when users get excited about their Spotify Wrapped review of the year. You will get this year’s wrapped playlist by the end of November but would not it be nice to go back to the old wrapped playlist? Just go to the search bar and type “spotify:genre:2019” ( or any other year that you want) and it will show your musical taste from that year.
3. Goblincore and Other Exciting Micro-genres
Buried deep among multiple playlists, there is a section called Niche Mixes where users can find a particular 'Made for you' which provides playlists based on your musical tastes, It can introduce you to the micro-genres that you never heard of but perhaps like its essence. 'Your Niche Mixes' offers 5-10 mixes of some fairly standard genres.
4. Make it Sound Better
If you are a premium user, you probably want to listen to some better-quality music. Simply go to the Audio Quality and scroll down to the Download section where you will be able to opt for audio quality manually, ranging from Low, Normal (the default), High, and Very High. Very High-Quality music is around 320kbps.
5. Dive into Listening Stats
With the wealth of third-party sites, you can get critical insights into your listening stats. The most common one is the Stats for Spotify, which offers a full breakdown of everything that you have listened to in the last 4-6 weeks.
6. Create Your Own Music Festival and Lineup
By plugging Spotify into the free Instafest app, you can create your own music festival with the exact lineup that you are waiting for. This Spotify festival app analyzes the songs that you have been listening to and creates a poster which incredibly similar to Coachella or Lollapalooza. You can also twist the styles and designs that you want in the poster.
7. The Sleep Timer
Everyone likes to listen to music or some white noise playlists before going to sleep but it is a hassle when you wake up and the playlist is still on and your phone is about to die. Use the Sleep Timer to choose for how long you want to music to play and then it will shut automatically.
8. Use of Crossfade
Though Spotify is still unable to make seamless transitions, you can always use the crossfade option that removes the gaps and awkward silences on your playlist.
9. Collaborative Playlists
There is a new Spotify Jam feature that allows everyone to queue up songs for the playlist. It is perfect for for parties as all the users need to be on the same Wi-Fi network.
10. Connect with Shazam
Connecting Shazam with Spotify helps to rediscover the tracks that you found through a few stolen seconds. Now, you can listen to the whole track again.
So, what are you waiting for? Tweak the Spotify settings and start your musical adventure.
