hi, i'm adam falk for about.com. put yourheadphones on, get your phone ready. today, we're giving spotify's iphone app a look anda listen. for those unfamiliar with spotify, it's amusic streaming service. think itunes, except you don't own the music and you don't payper song. it's search and listen. it's available for free download on your desktop.
How To Activate Iphone App Store, app available with spotify premium but for $10 a month – the price of an itunesalbum – you can go ad-free and have access to spotify's mobile app. so you can take yourtunes anywhere, and even save your favorites to your phone.
star your favorite songs click search, and type in the song, artistor album you want. when you have it, click to play. the album art appears, controls areat the bottom, but click on the "i". here, you can do what spotify calls "starring".click and it will automatically go into your "starred" list. think of this as your favoritesor a list of tracks you want to hear again. you can click to relisten, or swipe to reveala quicker way to interact with a song. here, you've got the star option, information aboutalbum and artist. save playlist for offline listening then, there's a plus, this adds that songto a playlist of your choice. now, if you
want to replay the mix on the train or somewherewithout wifi, you'll want to make it available offline. simply swipe to yes, and each trackwill start downloading. best to do this when you have wifi. note, it doesn't download like itunes. it'sonly available to you in spotify; you can't burn a copy to a cd. if you're still burningcds, that is. share with friends and followers you can also share that playlist with friendsor followers. click on the three dots to reveal more options. among them, share. click share,and you can choose how you'd like to share it. of course, you're friend will need spotifyto listen. now, flip it. you have a friend
who's made a playlist worth saving. clickmore, search the spotify community, find the playlist, and hit "subscribe." that playlistnow shows up with your own. spotify radio chooses similar songs spotify also gives the musically indecisivea pandora-like way to listen to music. navigate to radio. it will suggest stations based onsongs and albums you've listened to recently. or you can type one in at the top. when you'relistening, thumbs up or thumbs down to better tailor the music to your ears. think of spotify like your personal dj. it'llplay any of your requests, remember your favorites and spin new tracks based on your tastes.main difference, you can share all of this
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