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Music's tempo can significantly enhance its appeal, especially on platforms like TikTok where fast-paced songs are popular for their catchy, high-energy vibes. If you prefer a quicker version of a Spotify track without added remix effects, manually adjusting the speed is an option. Alternatively, some tracks might sound better at a slower pace. Slowing down a song can help you grasp and enjoy its nuances more thoroughly. Whether you're looking to speed up or slow down Spotify playback, we've got you covered. Here's how to adjust Spotify's playback speed on both desktop and mobile devices.

Part 1: FAQs About Spotify Playback Speed

Q1. What is the normal playback speed on Spotify?

Q2. Can you speed up songs on Spotify?

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Part 2: Change Spotify Playback Speed On Any Device

Spotify is great for streaming music, podcasts, and audiobooks. It offers easy options for changing playback speed on podcast episodes and audiobook chapters. However, it doesn't allow users to adjust song speed. This can be inconvenient if you want to slow down a track to learn the lyrics or speed it up for a workout. To solve this issue, TunePat Spotify Music Converter lets you download Spotify tracks and play them on media players that allow speed adjustments. This way, you can enjoy your Spotify favorites at your preferred pace.

This efficient tool enables you to effortlessly download a wide range of Spotify content, including but not limited to songs, albums, playlists, and podcasts. Compatible with both Spotify Free and Premium accounts, it allows for fast (up to 10X speed) and batch conversion of audio files into various formats such as MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, or ALAC, all while maintaining ID3 tags.

Step 1 Open TunePat Spotify Converter on your computer. TunePat allows you to download music from both Spotify desktop app and web player, just pick the one you prefer. If you choose Spotify app, make sure you have installed the latest Spotify desktop app on your computer, and it will pop up automatically. Meanwhile, if you choose Spotify web player, it will pop up as a new window. Log into your Spotify account to load your music library.

Step 2 Go to the "Settings" option in the left sidebar of the main interface. Here you can customize the output format, audio quality, download folder, output file name, etc. You can even download lyric files, just enable the Save lyrics option.

Step 3 Return to your Spotify app or Spotify web player, and open the playlist you want to download. Choose the "+" button in the bottom right corner, TunePat will soon load all the songs in a list.

Step 4 You can selectively choose the desired songs and click "Add" to continue. Click the "Convert" button to start downloading Spotify playlists or albums. Please wait until it is complete.

Step 5 Once the conversion is finished, the download folder will pop up automatically for checking. You can also find the downloaded Spotify tracks under the "Converted" option. Now, you have successfully downloaded Spotify songs to your computer. You can play the downloaded Spotify songs with any music player that provides speed adjustment feature. We have listed some sample steps below as a reference.

Change Playback Speed on Windows Media Player: Just play a track via Windows Media Player, then right-click on the player. Go to Enhancements > Play speed settings, the speed settings window will pop up. You can choose Slow, Normal and Fast according to your needs.

Change Playback Speed on Media Player: Just play a track via Media Player, click the "..." button in the lower-right corner, then you will see the speed option, you can adjust the speed between 0.25x to 2x freely.

Change Playback Speed on Quicktime Player(Mac): Just play a track via Quicktime Player, click on the "View" menu in the top toolbar. Then you can find the Playback Speed options to choose from: Half, Normal, Fast, Faster and Double.

Change Playback Speed on VLC(Mac): Just play a track via VLC Media Player, click on the "Playback" menu in the top toolbar. You can adjust the playback speed here between Slower(0.25x) to Faster(4x).

TunePat allows you to download Spotify songs/podcasts/audiobooks to local computer. Compared to the download feature of Spotify Premium, TunePat enables you to play downloaded music without Spotify app. This gives you much more freedom to edit your music collection and enjoy offline playback on any audio device.

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Part 3. Change Spotify Playback Speed On Phone/Computer

On Desktop:

Step 1 Play the podcast episode or audiobook chapter you want.

Step 2 You can see the "Now Playing" bar at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3 To adjust the playback speed, click the "1x" button. Then you can select the playback speed such as 0.5x, 0.8x, 1x (default), 1.2x, 1.8x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x, or 3.5x.

On Mobile Phone:

Step 1 Open the Spotify app on phone, and play the podcast episode or audiobook chapter you wish to adjust.

Step 2 Tap the "Now Playing" bar at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3 Tap the "1x" button and now you can adjust the Spotify playback speed, ranging from 0.5x to 3.5x.

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Part 4. Change Spotify Playback Speed On Web Player

If you want to change the playback speed of Spotify web player, the "Spotify Playback Speed" extension will be a good solution. Follow the simple steps below:

Step 1 Open your Google Chrome browser. Go to the Chrome Web Store.

Step 2 Find the "Spotify Playback Speed" extension in the search results.

Step 3 Click on the "Add to Chrome" button.

Step 4 After adding the extension, look for the puzzle icon next to the Google address bar. You can see "Spotify Web Player" in the list. The extension will be automatically enabled when you visit the Spotify web player.

Step 6 Now open the Spotify Web Player via Chrome and play any music you like.

Step 7 You will see the "Playback Speed" icon on the Now Playing bar next to the microphone icon.

Step 8 Click on the "Playback Speed" icon to adjust the playback speed between 0.5x to 2x.

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Part 5. Fix Spotify Playback Speed Not Working

1. Playback Speed Button Not Working

Check If You Are Playing Spotify Podcasts or Audiobooks

Please keep in mind that Spotify currently only allows users to change the playback speed for podcasts and audiobooks. This feature is not available for song tracks yet. If this is the case, you can still follow part 2 to download Spotify songs and play them via other media players instead.

Set Your Device As Active Device

If the Spotify Connect feature is activated on another device, then you may find the playback speed button greyed out on your current device. Under this situation, please choose your current device as the active device as below.

On Desktop: On the right side of the "Now Playing" bar, click on the "Device" icon. Choose your computer device as the active device.

On Mobile Phone: Click the 'Now Playing' bar, then the device logo at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. This will show which of your connected products can play from Spotify. Select your phone (the text will turn from white to green) as the active device.

Update Spotify App

Please make sure you have downloaded the latest version of Spotify app. If not, you can check and update via the steps below.

Desktop: When an update is available, a blue dot appears next to your profile picture at the top. Click your profile picture. Select Update Spotify now.

iOS Device: Open the App Store. Tap your Apple ID image in the top right corner. Find Spotify, and tap UPDATE.

Android Device: Open the Google Play Store. Use the search bar to find Spotify. Tap UPDATE.

Uninstall and Reinstall Spotify App

You can also try to uninstall the Spotify app on your device. Then download and reinstall Spotify from the App Store.

2. Podcasts Plays At Different Speed on Amazon or Google Devices

(1) To adjust the playback speed when casting Spotify to a Google device, first log into the Spotify web player using Google Chrome. The web player remembers the last playback speed you set, and this speed is used by default when casting from Spotify apps or using Google Assistant on supported devices.

(2) Open the Google Home app, tap Account in the top-right. Go to Settings, and tap Music under Services. Tap UNLINK. Then, link your Spotify account again. Make sure you have the latest updates for the Google software.

(3) If the issue persists, you can try the following steps for the desktop app (the location of the Spotify and Users folders would be different if you install it from the Microsoft Store).

Close Spotify and make sure it's not running in the background.

Go to the Spotify folder located in C:\%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Users (Mac users can find this folder in Finder > Go > Library > Application Support > Spotify > Users). You should see another folder with your Spotify username. Open it.

There you'll find a file called prefs. Right-click it and open it with Notepad/another text editor.

Modify audio.episode.speed and set the value to 100 (for 1x speed; the value is in percentages).

If you can't see it, you can add it on a new line instead: audio.episode.speed=100.

Restart Spotify.

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Conclusion:

Spotify offers excellent music playback quality, but it only lets you change the speed of podcasts, not songs. To adjust song playback speed, you'll need a handy helper like TunePat Spotify Converter. With TunePat, you can download your Spotify tracks and play them on any media player that allows speed adjustments. This gives you complete control over your listening experience, letting you personalize playback speed without losing sound quality. Follow the steps provided to make the most of this feature and enjoy your music just the way you like it.