Unfortunately, the Web Player can only reproduce songs at 160kbps. And besides, don’t the mobile apps already provide true portability? Lower sound qualityĪs explained here in this FAQ, Spotify Premium users shouldn’t expect to stream a 320kbps song on the Web Player. Portability is both its strongest point, and at the same time, its Achilles’ heel.įor starters, you must remain logged into a browser at all times to access the Web Player. The Spotify mobile apps unfortunately tend to depend on your device. In just a few clicks, I was able to play my favorite music with little stutter. The Web Player looks clean-cut, organized, and runs really well. There, the music app taking up around 121MB. And in the end, iOS users are ultimately on a worse boat. On the iOS side, users will find themselves more limited. So the app will take up precious space (around 47MB on my Moto G3). However, Android users don’t have the option to move the app to their SD card. For example, increasing storage space via an SD card is easy for Android users. And there are more options than ever for boosting portable storage. That said, with newer devices come more storage. Or, the Spotify Web Player Hotkey extension on Chrome.

But in order for this to work, you will have to install the Spotify Hotkeys add-on on Firefox. In just about any program, hotkeys are incredibly useful, especially when you’re at work. Here’s something the mobile versions don’t have: the ability to add hotkeys.

You’ll get access to your full catalog wherever you are. You can log right into the web browser with your username and password, and start listening right away. Or, for that matter, using another person’s phone or system. You can be at work, at home, at a family member or friend’s house… wherever. With the Spotify Web Player, it doesn’t matter where you are. But what if you’re in different environments and moving around a lot?

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