What is Spotify, and how do I use the software?
For a long time, smartphone owners have been using a variety of music services, and manufacturers are increasingly offering new solutions. And lately, Spotify has been attracting the public’s interest. It is a Swedish music service, which is currently available in almost 120 countries around the world, including the CIS countries. The catalogue includes a huge amount of music and playlists. A feature of the service is that it can be used on a variety of devices.
Why is the service so popular?
First of all, a user gets a legal opportunity to listen to the tracks online and choose his favorite songs from an extensive catalogue. Numerous albums can only be found on Spotify.
But the software has an additional advantage, which is that it has unique algorithms for music selection that almost perfectly adjust to the tastes of listeners. In the settings, there’s an option to enable the ‘Music non-stop’ function, so that songs will keep playing all the time and are selected according to preference.
There are also themed playlists available, from other people. These are selections that are updated every week. And every day you can enjoy a mix of the day, i.e. the songs that are updated every day based on what you have listened to before.
For active users, there are selections of the best of the year, summer tracks and so on. So you can remember the songs you’ve played before.
The cost of services
The peculiarity of Spotify is that you can listen to the tracks absolutely free. But this option has a few disadvantages:
- Sometimes there are ads.
- On smartphones, songs are played randomly.
- There is no possibility to skip more than 6 songs per hour. You can’t download music.
- Can’t set maximum listening quality.
But these aren’t really critical limitations, so the free version is also worth considering. Of course, if something does not suit you, it is possible to subscribe, and here and the user has 4 options at different cost.
Account registration
Creating a personal account isn’t really difficult. You just need to visit the official Spotify website and click on the registration window. There you need to enter your personal information and agree to all the terms and conditions of the service.
But you can do the same on your smartphone and create a dreaded account.
