'Top Songs of is all the songs you've loved the most in the previous year. 'Family Mix' combines music listened to by anyone in a Premium for Family subscription and you can choose between Chill or Upbeat. It's worth noting here that if you follow your favourite musicians you'll get notifications and updates when they release new content too. 'Release Radar' is a selection of new tracks from artists you follow. It's a great way to discover new songs that already fit your personal taste. 'Discover Weekly' is a playlist that's automatically updated by Spotify each Monday and includes a number of different songs based on what you've been listening to recently. If they created the playlist, then their username is contained within the URL as a number: Alternatively, ask if they can share one of their public playlists with you. If this doesn't work, ask your friend to either copy their profile link directly from their profile page and send it to you. If you're not on Facebook or don't want to connect your Facebook account to Spotify you can still find and follow friends, it just might be a bit more difficult in some cases.Īccording to Spotify, the best way to find and follow a friend is to use the search box on the desktop client and use this format:Ĭopy this and replace USERNAME with the name of your friend. Head into your profile in settings and tap on the 'Find Friends' button, which will allow you to find and follow more friends or artists. You can also use the search function within the app to find friends. The activity feed is displayed on the right-hand side of the desktop software and is a great way to pick up on friends who listen to the same music as you or poke fun at them for their latest ABBA session. Sign into your account on those devices and get listening.

There are versions for desktop and iPhone/iPad and Android phones. Download and install the free Spotify application.We'd recommend going for Spotify Premium as it gives you access to more features, is more flexible and will connect with more devices. We'd recommend signing up with Facebook if you have an account as it'll make it easier to find and follow friends, see what they're listening to and share songs with them.

Visit the Spotify website and sign-up.Getting started with listening to music on Spotify is easy: There are Spotify apps you can download from your favourite app store, but you can also access it via the web or cast it from your phone to other devices. So you can listen on your phone, your computer, your television, your smart speaker and many other devices. Spotify is wonderfully multi-device capable too.

You can also download tracks, albums and other content for listening offline too. Spotify lets you access a massive and ever-growing library of audio (and video) content basically wherever you are in the world, as long as you have an internet connection.

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