Can we share one account and use it simultaneously?

[Brian94602]

My girlfriend and I are apart a lot traveling for work. We'd like to share one account so we don't have to add music separately. We like to see what each other has. But we need to be able to play simultaneiously on separate mobile devices. 

We we don't mind paying for Family Premium, but if we still gave separate accounts it doesn't really do what we want. 

Please advise. 

[MattSuda · Accepted solution]

Hey @Brian94602

Spotify accounts are designed for individual use so that everyone makes their own account. You can only play on one device at a time.

The way Spotify Family works is that each person creates their own Spotify account first if they do not already have one. For everyone to create a Spotify account they will need their own email address.

Once everyone has their own Spotify account you then invite them to join your family plan and then they sign in with that account in the app. Make sure everyone enters the same home address when it asks for verification. Then everyone will be able to listen without interrupting the other users.

You could follow each other's profile. For sharing playlists, you could share playlists between accounts by following them so it still shows up under the other person's playlists. You can also setup a collaborative playlist on one account and then the other account can follow it and add music to it as well as the playlist owner. That might not be idea, but there is currently no feature setup specifically to share the entire library of one account with the other.

https://support.spotify.com/using_spotify/playlists/save-your-music-with-playlists/

https://support.spotify.com/using_spotify/playlists/create-playlists-with-your-friends/

https://support.spotify.com/using_spotify/share_music/sharing-music/

https://support.spotify.com/using_spotify/share_music/how-do-i-follow-unfollow-friends-and-artists-o...

Check out these pages for help with the Family Plan:

https://spotify.com/family

https://support.spotify.com/account_payment_help/premium_for_family/premium-for-family/