Spotify is a music streaming software which is a must have for any music fan. (at least in my opinion!) With Spotify, you have access to millions of songs anytime you want, (provided you have an internet connection) without downloading them.
There are many great features about Spotify, but let's look at the subscription plans since the features change depending on which one you have.
Spotify Free - You have access to the songs, but you can listen to a song only five times until it gets disabled. You will also have ads inbetween some songs.
Spotify Unlimited - The ads will be gone, and the five time limit will be lifted compared to Spotify Free.
Spotify Premium - You will have offline mode, where you can add songs to your offline playlist which Spotify will let you listen to even without an internet connection. You will also be able to use Spotify on your mobile phone.
In Spotify, you have the ability to make as many playlist as you want, so you won't have to worry about categorizing. Talking about playlists, there's also a function called "collaborative playlist", where you can link your playlist to your friends and they can add songs into them as well, making it a great function for sharing music with friends.
There's also a pretty interesting thing called the Radio, which actually isn't a radio, but better. You simply choose a genre (or more than one genre), and Spotify starts streaming music which belong to those genres. The reason why I said it's better than a radio is because that you can actually skip the songs you don't like. It's a great way of discovering new songs and making new additions to your playlists.
The next interesting thing about Spotify is the App Finder, where you can download "apps" for your Spotify. There are many different apps for many different purposes, such as Moodagent, (my favorite one) TuneWiki, and so on. These apps serve purposes like finding playlists you like, giving you lyrics of the songs you are listen to, and lots of different things.
Spotify also serves as a local music player. It will detect the local music files you have under a category called Local Files where you can play them, making it a great place to collect all of your music. You can also download the tracks you like off Spotify in exchange for a little bit of money.
Spotify also supports iPhone/Android sync through WiFi, which is an easy way to update the songs on your phone. Facebook integration is also supported in Spotify for the ones who are interested. (personally I'm not really a big fan of this, but I'm sure there are people who would like it.)
Lastly, you can always take a look at the Top Lists, where Spotify shows you the hit tracks, albums, and artist at the time. It's also a great way of finding new songs to listen to.
I've been using Spotify since the beta, and it's truly an amazing software. It's adding more features day by day, (there was no app finder, no Spotify Mobile, no top lists or anything similar back in the day) which surely looks promising. So if you like listening to music, if you like sharing music with your friends and family, and you want to have a big archive of music under your hand, then Spotify is the right choice for you!
I hope you enjoyed the read!
There are many great features about Spotify, but let's look at the subscription plans since the features change depending on which one you have.
Spotify Free - You have access to the songs, but you can listen to a song only five times until it gets disabled. You will also have ads inbetween some songs.
Spotify Unlimited - The ads will be gone, and the five time limit will be lifted compared to Spotify Free.
Spotify Premium - You will have offline mode, where you can add songs to your offline playlist which Spotify will let you listen to even without an internet connection. You will also be able to use Spotify on your mobile phone.
In Spotify, you have the ability to make as many playlist as you want, so you won't have to worry about categorizing. Talking about playlists, there's also a function called "collaborative playlist", where you can link your playlist to your friends and they can add songs into them as well, making it a great function for sharing music with friends.
There's also a pretty interesting thing called the Radio, which actually isn't a radio, but better. You simply choose a genre (or more than one genre), and Spotify starts streaming music which belong to those genres. The reason why I said it's better than a radio is because that you can actually skip the songs you don't like. It's a great way of discovering new songs and making new additions to your playlists.
The next interesting thing about Spotify is the App Finder, where you can download "apps" for your Spotify. There are many different apps for many different purposes, such as Moodagent, (my favorite one) TuneWiki, and so on. These apps serve purposes like finding playlists you like, giving you lyrics of the songs you are listen to, and lots of different things.
Spotify also serves as a local music player. It will detect the local music files you have under a category called Local Files where you can play them, making it a great place to collect all of your music. You can also download the tracks you like off Spotify in exchange for a little bit of money.
Spotify also supports iPhone/Android sync through WiFi, which is an easy way to update the songs on your phone. Facebook integration is also supported in Spotify for the ones who are interested. (personally I'm not really a big fan of this, but I'm sure there are people who would like it.)
Lastly, you can always take a look at the Top Lists, where Spotify shows you the hit tracks, albums, and artist at the time. It's also a great way of finding new songs to listen to.
I've been using Spotify since the beta, and it's truly an amazing software. It's adding more features day by day, (there was no app finder, no Spotify Mobile, no top lists or anything similar back in the day) which surely looks promising. So if you like listening to music, if you like sharing music with your friends and family, and you want to have a big archive of music under your hand, then Spotify is the right choice for you!
I hope you enjoyed the read!
