Spotify continues to impress and frustrate in equal measure. For every Weekly Discovery, there's a much-loved feature removed from the streaming music app. Often, it is difficult to recover those functions. How to restore the best features that Spotify has removed How to restore the best features that Spotify has removed Spotify may be the best music streaming service available, but it has removed some features in recent years. Find out how to bring back the best lost features of Spotify forever. Read more.
One of the feature removals that garnered the most anger was the company's decision to remove third-party apps in 2014. In one fell swoop, users lost the ability to get curated recommendations How to Get Spotify to Recommend Music You'll Enjoy How to Get Spotify recommend it Music you'll enjoy In this article, we'll give you five tips to help Spotify get to know you better. This should help Spotify's algorithms recommend music that best suits your personal tastes. Read more about record labels and magazines, find nearby concerts, offer guests “party access” to accounts, and much more.
Spotify never managed to replace the lost apps, despite some third-party web apps 7 Web Apps To Make Spotify Better Than Ever 7 Web Apps To Make Spotify Better Than Ever Spotify is already pretty good, being one of the best musics Streaming services throughout. But there are ways to make Spotify even better, as these amazing web apps show. Read More
However, Spotify has been working on new app integrations. Not many are worth bothering with, but here are a few that are really worth setting up.
In June 2017, Spotify added Facebook Messenger to its growing list of app integrations. Call group playlists for Messenger, the feature is based on the Spotify chat extension.
Allows you to use Facebook Messenger groups to create playlists How to create Spotify playlists with friends on Facebook Messenger How to create Spotify playlists with friends on Facebook Messenger Spotify now allows you to create collaborative playlists directly in the Facebook app Messenger. Read more . Anyone in the Facebook group can contribute, and you can share the playlist with friends. How to share Spotify tracks directly within Facebook Messenger How to share Spotify tracks directly within Facebook Messenger The ability to share Spotify tracks is now available directly within Facebook Messenger. Here we explain how to take advantage of it! Read more outside the group using the Facebook app.
Surprisingly, the Facebook users you're collaborating with don't even need to subscribe to Spotify. They can make song selections within the Messenger app.
One feels that the feature will really shine at parties and other large gatherings. You can add all partygoers to a Facebook group and they can have an opinion about what they are listening to.
To get started, open Messenger, tap + , and select the Spotify extension. To make a playlist, go to Group Playlists> Create .
They (the perverts) say that music can be a great aphrodisiac, which is why Spotify and Tinder sound like a match made in heaven.
The Tinder integration gives you another layer of information to help you decide if the person in question is worthy of a direct hit.
If a potential match has linked your Tinder account to your Spotify account, you can see your top performers right from your Tinder profile. Most impressively, you can see which artists you and your future date have in common. You can also assign an “anthem” to your profile. It's meant to be a song that defines you and your life, so choose wisely!
Non-Spotify subscribers can add an anthem, but can only hear previews of top artist charts.
To connect Spotify to Tinder, tap on Edit info in your Tinder profile, then go to Show your musical interests> Connect Spotify .
Shazam remains the best app for identifying songs on the go. 5 Android Music Recognition Apps Compared:Which is the best song, right? 5 Android Music Recognition Apps Compared:Which Is The Best Song? We tested five music identification apps so you don't have to. What came out on top? Read more . For those who don't know, you can identify a song at the touch of a button using a 20-second audio snippet. Often the identification process takes no more than five seconds.
Pairing Shazam with your Spotify account will unlock two cool features.
First, if you have a premium Spotify account, you'll be able to listen to full songs from the Shazam app.
Second, Shazam will create a new playlist within Spotify called My Shazam Tracks . Any song that has been tagged correctly will automatically be added to the playlist.
To connect Shazam and Spotify, open the Shazam app and go to My Shazam> Spotify> Connect .
OK, so coffee is not to everyone's taste. And the bread isn't always as fresh as it could be. And yes, that unicorn drink was 99.99 percent sugar. But we still go to Starbucks in our millions.
If you're a true Starbucks addict, there's a good chance you have the official Starbucks app on your smartphone. It allows you to earn points, order drinks in advance, and even pay in store.
These days, it also connects with your Spotify app. The goal is to allow Starbucks customers to use their phone's GPS to interact with music playing at the location they're in.
If you connect the integration, you can “Favorite” the tracks you listen to and even add them to your own playlist. In turn, Starbucks will use the data to refine its music curation in the future.
To set up the connection, go to your local Starbucks, open the Starbucks app and tap Sign in to your Spotify account .
Spotify has been trying to break the workout industry for a long time. There's already a dedicated genre of workout playlists 10 Spotify Workout Playlists To Help You Get Fit 10 Spotify Workout Playlists To Help You Get Fit We've put together a list of the best Spotify workout playlists for working out, whether it's a cold morning jog or working out lifting weights. Read More Combined your phone's accelerometer with your music history to suggest DJ-created instrumental mixes that match your beat.
The latest offering is an integration with the Nike+ activity tracking app. If you combine Spotify with your Nike+ account, you can access other members' playlists and control your music through the Nike app.
Best of all, it allows you to connect Spotify with your Nike + Pace Station. A Pace Station is an automatically created 100-song playlist that matches a song's beats per minute to your target running pace.
To connect Spotify to Nike+, open the Nike app and go to Run> Spotify Premium> Sign in to Spotify .
Are you a TV and movie buff? Next, you need to check for Spotify's integration with the US cable television network, Starz.
By connecting Spotify with the Starz app, you can stream playlists, soundtracks, and theme songs from your favorite movies and shows, as well as save content from the Starz app directly to your Spotify library.
However, the most interesting part of the integration is the TV and movie recommendations. How to Find Netflix Movies You'll Love How to Find Netflix Movies You'll Love Netflix has a huge library of content. This is why you need to know how to find movies that you will love. Fortunately for you this article is full of advice. Read more . It's a fascinating take on an old idea. Movie recommendations are nothing new, but using the music you listen to as the basis for those recommendations could be an inspiration or a complete bust. Try the feature to see if it works for you.
To get started, open the Starz app, tap a playlist or track, and use the on-screen prompt to authorize Starz to connect with your Spotify account.
Some original music no longer? Let me rephrase that:is any music in the “Top 40” more original? To my ears (albeit not well cultivated), it all sounds like a sampler, remix, and re-release of old content.
If you've heard a nice new jingle that you're sure you've heard before but can't place it, the song may be using a sample.
To prove it, why not integrate Spotify with WhoSampled? WhoSampled can scan your Spotify library to find tracks that have been covered, sampled, or remixed, then point you in the direction of the original.
To pair the two apps, open WhoSampled and go to My Library> Connect to Spotify .
If you later decide that you want to revoke the integration between Spotify and a third-party application, you will need to sign in to your Spotify account. Here are the step-by-step instructions:
We've introduced you to seven of the best Spotify app integrations, but there are plenty more out there.
What app integrations do you use every day? Why are they so useful? What special features do they introduce? As always, you can leave all your feedback and opinions in the comments below!
