Fortunately, there's an easy way to switch over from Spotify to Apple Music. The Top Laptop and Computer Releases of 2018. We look back at the best laptop, desktop and computing accessor releases of the year. More: This Year in Gear. Big Ambitions. 3 Medium Format Cameras Worth the Upgrade. Connect your computer to the same WiFi as the device you want to play to. Click the AirPlay icon in the menu bar and select your device. Play a song on Spotify. It will plays through your chosen device.
Now that you have, it’s time to start using the service. The first step to doing so is downloading and installing the Spotify application. It works a bit differently depending on what operating system you’re trying to install it on, so we’ll go through how to download and install Spotify for a few different ones.
How to get Spotify and install it on your Windows or Mac desktop. Go to in your web browser and click Log In. Assuming that you signed up with your email address (click Log In With Facebook if you used your Facebook account instead), click in the box labelled “User Name” and type in the user name that you picked to represent yourself with on Spotify.
Then click in the box labelled “Password” and type in the password that you picked to secure your account with on Spotify. If you’re using a public computer (or one that other people may be using), consider clicking the check box beside “Remember Me” to unmark it and prevent Spotify from automatically filling in your user name when you log in again (for privacy reasons). Then click Log In. Once you’re logged in, click Download in the top-right corner. Spotify should automatically open a download prompt for you. Click Save File, and then (if applicable) use the explorer window that pops up to select where you want to save the Spotify installer.
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(It should show up in your “Downloads” folder if you don’t select a place to save it.). Find the SpotifySetup.exe file on your computer and open it (click Run to confirm that you want to run it if you’re given a security warning). The Spotify application should automatically download and install itself on your computer, and then open once it’s finished. How to download and install Spotify for Android. Turn on your device and look for the Google Play or Play Store application.
Tap it to open it. Tap the search menu at the top of the screen and start typing in “spotify”. As you do, Google Play will give you suggestions on what you might be looking for.
One will be called Spotify Music, and will have the Spotify logo beside it. When you get to the information page for Spotify Music, tap Install. Spotify will show you a list of features on your device that it will need to use. If you still want to use the application, tap Accept. Spotify will automatically begin downloading and installing.
When it finishes, tap Open to launch the program. How to download and install Spotify for iOS (iPhone/iPad). Turn on your device and look for the App Store application. Tap it to open it. Tap the “Search” box in the top-right corner and start typing in “spotify”. As you do so, the App Store will give you suggestions on what you might be looking for.
Tap either spotify or spotify music. When you see the application called “Spotify Music”, tap Get beside it, and then tap Install. You will need to log into your Apple account. If you don’t have one, and follow the instructions in order to create one.
After you log in, Spotify will automatically begin downloading and installing. When it finishes, tap Open to launch the program. There you go! You now know how to download and install Spotify on your desktop computer or mobile device!
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Without much notice, launched a few weeks ago, a program that allows anyone to download, test out, and provide feedback on the latest beta version of their desktop application for Mac and Windows. Download the Beta Desktop Version of Spotify Download the beta from one of the two links below, depending on your flavor of operating system.
(now supports touch for Windows 8 and ) Once you download and install the beta version of Spotify (henceforth known as 'SpotifyBeta'), it will be installed as a separate app to the standard Spotify, so you'll have two of them on your computer. So What's Different with SpotifyBeta? When you open SpotifyBeta, you'll notice that the UI is slightly different from Spotify. The top bar with the search box and navigation arrows, as well as the bottom bar with the player controls are slightly larger, with bigger icons to match. In the sidebar on the left, some features such as Top Lists and App Finder will be missing, but that's simply because of the nature of betas—some features are removed, while others are left out until they've been recoded for new versions—future updates will bring back some of these features. Other icons have simply been moved around: messages and settings have been added to the top right bar, while the song queue and volume slider now rest next to the shuffle and replay icons along the bottom right.
The option to add new playlists is now directly above the album art of the song you're currently playing (which has been sized down considerably), making the process of creating a new playlist much easier.