How to Change Playback Speed on Spotify [Updated]

"I listen to dance music a lot and some tracks I listen to sound better when their tempo is raised or lowered and I wish I can adjust the track I'm listening to a specific tempo. I wanna know how to speed up songs on Spotify and also lower them down sometimes." - - Natonio from Reddit

Sometimes, you may find a podcast interesting but the speakers are just talking too slow, then you'll need to change the playback speed of the podcast. Or you may find a song sounds better at lower speed and in this case, you'll have to change the speed of the song. No matter whether you want to make Spotify increase playback speed or get Spotify playback speed slow, you can find the answer here and you can do it for totally free. Let's see how to change Spotify playback speed on your computer and mobile now.

Part 1. How to Change Speed Spotify App on Computer & Mobile

Spotify has designed a speed changer within its app when user are listening to podcasts. So, it's pretty simple to change the playback speed in Spotify. Here's how to change Spotify playback speed on your computer and mobile.

Option 1. Adjust Playback Speed Spotify on Computer

Step 1. Open Spotify on your computer and play a podcast, then you will find a speed changer on your now playing page.

Step 2. Change the speed from 0.5× to 3.5× depending on your personal demand.

Option 2. Adjust Playback Speed Spotify on Mobile

Step 1. Run Spotify on your phone and go to play a podcast you want to listen to.

Step 2. Go to the Now Playing page and tap the Change Speed icon to select the speed.

Part 2. How to Change Playback Speed Spotify Web Player

For the song playback, Spotify doesn't offer an option to change the speed of the song. When you switch from podcast to a song, the speed changer will then disappear. But you can still change the speed of song playback on Spotify web player. Here's how to change playback speed in Spotify.

By installing a Spotify playback speed extension, you can adjust the playback speed on Spotify web player. The two extensions called Spotify Playback Speed and Spotify Playback Speed Access can help you adjust Spotify playback speed.

With the extension installed, you can find a speed adjuster on the bottom right of the Spotify Web Player. The default speed is 100×, you can type in whatever number you want to change the speed of the playback.

Part 3. How to Increase Playback Speed Spotify without Limits

If you change the playback speed on Spotify Web Player, you'll find that the sound quality is not as good as it is streamed on the Spotify app. Because the highest streaming quality is 128kbps on the Spotify web player. While on the Spotify app, you can get as high as 320kbps for playback if you are subscribing to a Premium plan.

So, if you want to change the speed of Spotify playback songs and keep the highest quality as well, the best way is to download Spotify songs to your device with original audio quality preserved and play them offline on a media player that has a speed changer. Here we do recommend ViWizard Spotify Music Converter - a great Spotify music downloader for Spotify users.

With ViWizard Spotify Music Converter, you can download all Spotify songs to your computer without premium. The sound quality of the downloaded songs can reach up to 320kbps which is also the highest quality you can get from Spotify. Then you can put these songs on other media player that has a speed change feature and play them without limitations.

Now you can go to use ViWizard Spotify Music Downloader for downloading Spotify songs locally first. Then you will have the right to put Spotify songs on any media and adjust the playback speed of Spotify songs as you like. Follow the steps below to download Spotify music.

1Launch ViWizard and Add Spotify Songs to Download

Start by opening ViWizard Spotify Music Converter on your computer then the Spotify will be launched simultaneously. Go to browse your music library in Spotify and select songs you want to download. To add them to the conversion list, you can use the drag-and-drop feature or you can copy and paste the music link into the search bar on the converter.

2Customize the Output Audio Parameters of Spotify

Designed with the setting feature, ViWizard software allows you to choose the output audio format. There are six audio formats options including MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, WAV and FLAC. In addition, you can also adjust the audio quality by adjusting the bit rate, sample rate, and audio channel. After completing the settings, click OK to save the things you've done.

3Start the Conversion of Spotify Playlist to MP3

Once all the setting is finished, click the Convert button to start downloading and converting Spotify music tracks. After the conversion, all the converted music files will be saved to your specified folder on the computer. You could browse all the converted songs by clicking the Converted icon and locate the output folder.

Part 4. How to Make Spotify Playback Speed Slow/Fast

After downloading Spotify songs to your computer, you can then put them on any media player that has a speed change feature and change the playback speed of the song hassle free. Also, you can transfer Spotify songs to your mobile device for adjusting the playback. Here are some steps to change the playback speed of Spotify songs on your computer and mobile.

Option 1. Change Spotify Playback Speed Windows

Step 1. Open Windows Media Player and click the Open Files button at the top right corner.

Step 2. Locate the converted Spotify music folder and select the songs you want to play.

Step 3. Click the three-dot icon and then click the Speed button and select the playback speed.

Option 2. Change Spotify Playback Speed Mac

Step 1. In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, open Spotify songs.

Step 2. Click the Share and Playback Speed button and choose Playback Speed.

Step 3. Choose the Speed, including 2x, 5x, 10x, 30x, and 60x you want.

Option 3. Change Spotify Playback Speed Android

Step 1. Run the Music Speed Changer on your Android device.

Step 2. Upload Spotify songs to your music library and select the songs to play.

Step 3. Tap Tempo to adjust the playback speed while you are listening to Spotify songs.

Option 4. Change Spotify Playback Speed iPhone

Step 1. Fire up Audipo on your iPhone or iPad after installing it.

Step 2. Go to move Spotify songs to your device and then add them to Audipo for playing.

Step 3. Tap the Speed Settings icon and change the audio speed from 0.25× to 4.0×.

You can also use a third-party tool such as djay Pro to play Spotify songs and then change the BMP of the song. And you can even change the pitch of the song in such apps.

Conclusion

Speaking of Spotify playback speed, you can use this feature in Spotify to increase or slow the speed of podcast. If you are interested in adjusting the speed of Spotify songs, you would need to turn to a Chrome extension or use ViWizard Music Converter to download Spotify songs first. Then you can freely change the speed of Spotify playback on your device.

Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.