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Change Spotify audio quality in the mobile or desktop app: mobile users open Profile picture → Settings and privacy → Media Quality (called Audio Quality in some iOS instructions); desktop users open Profile picture → Settings → Audio Quality. Spotify does not let you change music quality in its web player.
How to change Spotify audio quality on your phone or tablet
- Tap your profile picture.
- Open Settings and privacy.
- Choose Media Quality. Spotify’s iOS instructions also call this Audio Quality.
- Choose the streaming quality for Wi-Fi and cellular separately. If you download music for offline listening, choose its download quality as well.
These controls let you use different streaming settings depending on whether you are on Wi-Fi or cellular. Higher streaming quality uses more data; higher download quality uses more storage. Spotify does not provide a suitable exact per-hour data estimate in the cited help material. Spotify’s Audio quality help page lists the available options.
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Where is the audio quality setting in Spotify desktop?
- Click your profile picture.
- Open Settings.
- Under Audio Quality, choose your preference.
Automatic adjustment is on by default in the app, which Spotify says helps playback avoid interruptions. You can turn it off in the Audio Quality settings. If playback glitches or buffers, Spotify advises lowering the setting.
Can you change Spotify audio quality in the web player?
No. Spotify Support says, “You can’t adjust music quality on the web player.” The web player uses AAC: Spotify lists 128 kbit/s on Free and 256 kbit/s on Premium. These are Spotify’s published figures, not a guarantee of a fixed bitrate for every track or connection. See Spotify’s Audio quality details.
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What do Spotify’s audio quality options mean?
Spotify publishes these approximate music-quality figures for its desktop, mobile, and tablet apps. Actual playback can vary: Automatic depends on the network connection, and the app adjusts quality automatically by default.
| Setting | Spotify’s published figure | Availability or trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic | Depends on network connection | Adjusts quality automatically to help avoid interruptions. |
| Low | Approximately 24 kbit/s | Uses less data than higher stream settings. |
| Normal | Approximately 96 kbit/s | Higher settings use more data. |
| High | Approximately 160 kbit/s | Higher settings use more data. |
| Very high | Approximately 320 kbit/s | Premium; higher streaming quality uses more data. |
| Lossless | Up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC | Premium; requires supported content and playback conditions. Files are significantly larger than standard-quality files. |
These figures are Spotify’s published equivalents, not independent measurements or a promise that every song will play at a fixed bitrate. For the web player, Spotify lists AAC at 128 kbit/s on Free and 256 kbit/s on Premium; those web-player figures are separate from the app settings above. Spotify Support: Audio quality.
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- On mobile, lower Media Quality for cellular streaming.
- Enable Data Saver if you want Spotify to reduce audio quality to use less data.
- For Premium offline listening, download music over Wi-Fi if you want to avoid using cellular data for downloads.
Lower quality trades some audio fidelity for lower data use. The right setting depends on your data allowance, connection reliability, and preference; Spotify does not identify one best setting for everyone. Spotify’s Data Saver guidance and offline listening help explain these options.
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Spotify’s Lossless Audio Quality help page says Lossless is a Premium feature and supports the mobile app from version 9.0.58 and desktop app from version 1.2.67. Availability also depends on compatible devices, content, connection stability, and playback route. Lossless is not available for music videos, podcasts, or audiobooks. Spotify’s Lossless Audio Quality help page recommends a steady 1.5 to 2 Mbps connection for the best lossless listening experience; this is Spotify’s recommendation, not a general audience statistic.
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If you use Spotify Connect with a compatible third-party device, you may need to select quality in that device’s settings. A setting in the Spotify app alone may not determine quality for every playback route.
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