topic Re: How to adjust kbps to 128 in Android

How to adjust kbps to 128

Okudave — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 08:37:47 GMT

Some cellphone services doesn't charge for data on spotify but they restrict it to 128 kbps in quality. How can you tell on the app how many kbps the songs are played at? I use the normal quality right now to be safe but... am I?

Re: How to adjust kbps to 128

Dreadlord — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:58:47 GMT

Hey @Okudave,

Welcome to Spotify Community!

Here are the bitrates that Spotify uses for streaming:

~96 kbps
- Normal quality on mobile.
~160 kbps
- Desktop and web player standard quality.
- High quality on mobile.
~320 kbps (only available to Premium subscribers)
- Desktop high quality.
- Extreme quality on mobile.

Re: How to adjust kbps to 128

Daniel — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:41:04 GMT

And just in case you were curious about the approx data usage, below is a rough guide:

Normal Quality (96 kbps) - 0.75 MB per minute
High Quality (160 kbps) - 1.25 MB per minute
Extreme Quality (320 kbps) - 2.5 MB per minute