Spotify data usage

[ninnworx]

Hello.

Yesterday I started using Spotify in my Iphone. I added about 10 tracks to "my music" and about 4 tracks to "playlist'. The "offline mode" is OFF in settings and in the "songs" menu. When I looked up at my apps usage in Iphone settings - Spotify was ~800 mb (30 for the app and 770 for data usage). 

Can anyone explain why it happens in that way? I can understand if I turned "offline mode" ON and all the tracks would be donloaded in 320kbps, but i didn't.

Thanks in advance

[Merik]

Hey there @ninnworx, welcome to the community!

In terms of phone storage, Spotify caches the music and album covers to help with faster speeds and bandwidth. If you would liek to clear the cache go to the Spotify App > Tap the "hamburger" menu icon > Settings > Scroll down to the bottom and tap "Delete cache and saved data." Be aware that when doing this, Spotify will have to re-cache each song you play so this will you your carrier data and/ or Wi-Fi when you stream music. 

In terms of cellur data usage, Spotify uses quite a bit of data when streaming. You can change the quality of the music so you can lower your bandwidth usage by going to the Spotify App > Tap the "hamburger" menu icon > Settings > Scroll down to "Music Quality" and change the quality on "Streaming" and "Download" to your desire.

• ~96 kbps
  • Normal quality on mobile.
• ~160 kbps
  • High quality on mobile.
• ~320 kbps (only available to Premium subscribers)
  • Extreme quality on mobile.

[SuperWisdom]

Hello!

I'm sorry to hear that your having problems.

You can disable downloads over 2G/3G by going into the app's settings and going down to "Music Quality". This will stop you using your mobile data when you wish to download music for offline play. It needs to say "ON" for it to disable the app to download music via the mobile network.

[ninnworx]

In "Settings" in the bottom there is no such option/button   "Delete cache and saved data." (look at the pic attached)

If this music is cached and I will turn on "offline mode", will it mean that it will double my memory usage on the phone? 😮

[ninnworx]

In case not to create a new "theme", I also wanted to ask about difference in "SONGS" and "PLAYLISTS". Do I understand everything right by saing that I can only add every music to the certain playlist and not saving them to the "SONGS"?

[jeremygoh]

Well.. @ninworx

I presume you want to ask the difference of My Music vs Playlist, correct?

My Music works like a library, a collection of music and a playlist is like a group of songs you can put together for an occasion/event/mood or whatsoever. You can add music and have duplicates on My Music or on your playlists.

Technically there is no much difference as it stores your music, but some people have preferences and this feature is just for them.