Spotify needs a WiFi or mobile data connection to work.
Mobile data
How to Download a Podcast on Spotify for Free. Step 1: Download and install the Spotify podcast downloader, you can launch the program on your computer. Then click the Record Screen button to move on. Go to the Preferences dialog if you want to modify custom options. To adjust the audio quality, go to the Recording tab.
- It's become awful lately maybe over the last 1-2 months. I have an iPhone 7 and Spotify is slow to open, slow to play songs, and sometimes just freezes up altogether and I have to hard close the app and open it again. Spotify on mobile worked better in 2012 and I'm not even exaggerating. They need to get their act together.
- Spotify has slowed to a snails pace at downloading songs to my iphone 4s. I made sure that I didn't have it set to EXTREME sound quality and still it is VERY slow almost painful to even use. Will have to reconsider using Spotify if this keeps up.
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It’s best to use WiFi instead of mobile data.
If you can’t use WiFi but want to keep mobile data usage low, use Data Saver.
Data Saver reduces the app’s data usage by showing fewer images and reducing audio quality.
Tap Home .
Tap Settings .
Switch Data Saver on.
More ways to reduce mobile data usage:
- If you have Premium, download music to listen offline.
Tip: Make sure the app only downloads when connected to WiFi, switch Download using cellular off in the app’s settings (under Music Quality). - Check your Music Quality. Higher quality music uses more data.
- Switch Autoplay off in your app’s settings. This stops it playing after what you’ve selected.
- Use WiFi when using the app abroad. Check your mobile data plan to learn about roaming charges.
- Your device may have its own data saver. Check the support site for your device.
Videos
Videos use more data than music due to larger file sizes, but our data usage is comparable to other popular video channels.
Videos on podcasts
Some podcasts feature videos. You can’t turn these videos off, but they only play when you have them on-screen. If you navigate away from the podcast or lock your device, only the audio plays.
Note: When downloading a podcast, only the audio is downloaded, not the video.
Now playing moving visuals
The moving visuals in Now Playing is a feature called Canvas - a unique form of artistic expression on Spotify.
These are short and looping, so use very little data. After they’ve looped once, they don’t need any more data to keep playing. They also don’t continue to run in the background.
If don’t want Canvas, you can switch it off:
Tap Home .
Tap Settings .
Switch Canvas (under Playback) off.
Bandwidth
The app uses some of your device’s internet bandwidth to play music without buffering.
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To reduce bandwidth usage:
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- Close any other open applications using the internet
- If you have Premium, download music to listen offline
- Use the web player