Whether you’re a Spotify loyalist or a new subscriber, Spotify has a lot to offer. Spotify excels in creating personalized recommendations, whether that’s hourly in your Daylist, in your Daily Mixes or even with its AI DJ feature. And maybe most fun of all, the service provides colorful, fun personalized streaming data for you at the end of every year in its Spotify Wrapped experience.
Spotify also lets you adjust audio settings according to what you’re doing. If you’re studying in a quiet library, you can adjust your base volume so you’re not distracted. Or if you’re pumping some iron in the gym, you can change your genre-equalizer to help get you through your reps. These simple setting adjustments can make your listening experience more enjoyable or help match your mood.
Even if you’re not a self-proclaimed audiophile or wannabe producer, Spotify makes it easy to adjust your audio settings to match your vibe. Here are all the settings you can use.
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Adjust your base volume to match your environment
Volume is pretty easy to figure out, but did you know Spotify lets premium users adjust the base volume of the app depending on their environment? You can select Quiet, Normal or Loud, and each has its own benefit.
Quiet will make songs a little quieter and sound cleaner, making it a good choice if you’re relaxing at home. Normal makes songs play at a medium base volume, and the sound is less crisp than Quiet. This is a good choice for most people and situations. Loud is — you guessed it — louder, but you might lose some audio quality because of the loudness. This option is good if you’re at the gym or other similarly noisy environments.
Adjusting these settings can really make your music pop.
While you can access the equalizer in the iOS, Android and desktop versions of Spotify, you can’t access the equalizer in the Mac version of Spotify. But you can search for an equalizer application to help you in your journey to find the best sound.
Adjust the quality of your music for a clearer sound
You can also adjust the audio quality of your music. This is handy if you’re using mobile data and want to save money on your phone bill, as reducing the audio quality takes up less bandwidth and uses less data. Increasing the quality of your music should let you hear the finer details of the music and give you a clearer listening experience.
Here’s how to change the audio quality on mobile and tablet:
1. Open the Spotify app.
2. Tap your profile picture to access Settings.
3. Tap Audio Quality.
4. Under WiFi streaming and Cellular streaming, you can select Automatic, Low, Normal or High. The Automatic option adjusts the audio quality to whatever your signal strength is. If you’re a paid subscriber, you’ll see a fifth option under both WiFi streaming and Cellular streaming called Very high.
How to change the audio quality on your desktop:
1. Open Spotify.
2. Click on your profile picture to access Settings.
3. Under Audio Quality, click the drop-down menu next to Streaming quality.
4. Choose between Low, Normal, High or Automatic options, and paid subscribers also have the Very high option.
You can also adjust the audio quality of your music. This is handy if you’re using mobile data and don’t want to bump up your phone bill. Reducing the audio quality will use less data.
For more on Spotify, read our full review and how Spotify stacks up against Apple Music.
