A Chromebook is a laptop running the Linux-based Chrome OS as its operating system. All Chromebooks released after late 2017 can also run Android apps and some Chromebooks can run Linux apps. However, many applications are available for Windows or Mac systems only, so it brings some inconvenience to many Chromebook users because of the lack of some commonly-used apps.
Spotify is now the largest music streaming service, and I bet many people around you use Spotify too. As you can imagine, one of the most frequently asked questions by Chromebook users is 'how to download Spotify on Chromebook'. You can either install the Android version of the Spotify app for Chromebook or listen to music online using the Spotify web player. Besides these two ways, we are going to introduce an ultimate solution on how to get Spotify on Chromebook for offline listening.
Part 1. Use Spotify on Chromebook via Spotify Web Player
Part 2. Get Spotify Desktop App Chromebook
Part 3. How to Download Spotify Songs on Chromebook
Part 1. Listen to Music via Spotify Web Player on Chromebook
With a Spotify web player, it's possible for users to stream all favorite songs and podcasts on a Chromebook. Currently, there is no official Chromebook app for Spotify yet so it is recommended using the Spotify web player which is similar to the full desktop version of Spotify. Now please follow the below steps to run Spotify on Chromebook via web player.
Step 1. Visit open.spotify.com in a new tab in Google Chrome.
Step 2. If this is your first time visiting this site, chances are the Spotify web player not working on Chromebook. It will pop up a prompt saying 'Playback of protected content is not enabled'. To fix this, please enter chrome://settings/content in the address bar and and select Enable the web player.
Step 3. Go back to the web player and refresh the page. Log in with your Spotify free or Premium account. If you don't have one yet, you can register a new account which comes with a 3-month free trial of Premium membership.
You can now play Spotify music on your Chromebook. No matter you are a free or Preimum user, you can have access to all songs in the Spotify library and play any song on demand.
Part 2. How to Get Spotify App for Chromebook
"Does anyone know if there is a Spotify app for Chromebook? I'm a Premium subscriber who uses the Spotify web player, which doesn't support many Premium features, including one of the most important: offline syncing. This is important to me because I will be doing a lot of traveling, and can't play Spotify whilst on the road. Any information on this issue?" - Question from Spotify Community
Yes, there is Spotify app available for Spotify as long as your Chromebook is Google Play Store enabled. You can download the Android version of the Spotify app from Google Play Store. Using this Android version of Spotify on your Chromebook, you'll then be able to download music for offline listening. Let's take a look at how to get the Spotify desktop app for Chromebook step by step.
Step 1. Open 'Google Play Store' and enable 'Install apps and games from Google Play on your Chromebook' option.
Step 2. Search for Spotify and download it for the Android version on your Chromebook.
Step 3. Now, you can open the Spotify Chromebook app to enjoy some music.
One major difference between the Spotify web player and its app is that Premium subscribers get to download their favorite music for offline listening. Also, the web player is limited to 128 kbps quality, while the app get up to 320kbps with Premium. But using either way, you won't be able to see what your friends are listening to since the Friend Feed is only available for the full version of the desktop app now.
If your Chromebook is not Google Play Store enabled, your only option would be to use the web player for music streaming. Or you can refer to the following part which we are going to tell you how to download Spotify music for offline listening on a Chromebook.
Part 3. How to Download Spotify Music on Chromebook
Tool Required to Get Spotify Music on Chromebook
As you can see from the two methods introduced above on how to get Spotify on Chromebook, there are limitations to each method. To save you from troubles, we here introduce AudFree Spotify Music Converter for Windows/Mac, which can help users download Spotify music with zero audio quality loss and save them in common audio files. No Spotity Premium account is required and you will be able to transfer these music files and listen to your favorite Spotify songs on Chromebook.
AudFree Spotify Music Converter for Chromebook enables you to download all contents on Spotify and convert them to MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A and M4B at 5X speed. Besides output format, this excellent software also allows you to define other output parameters for you Spotify music including channel, sample rate, and bit rate. It is intelligent enough to detect and keep all metadata such as artist, title, genre, album art, etc.
Tutorial on Spotify Download for Chromebook
Before getting started, make sure you have downloaded the Spotify desktop app and the AudFree Spotify Music Converter on a Windows PC or Mac computer.
Step 1. Add Spotify music to AudFree
Step 2. Define output format and other settings
Downloaded Spotify music files are encrypted in Ogg Vorbis format, which cannot be read by the media player on Chromebook. Therefore you need to use AudFree Spotify Music Converter to convert them into MP3 or other common formats. Go to Menu from the upper-right corner, click 'Preference' and then 'Convert' button. Here in the setting window, you can define output format and other parameters according to your needs.
Step 3. Download Spotfiy tracks to Chromebook supported files
When all settings are saved, please click the 'Convert' button at the bottom-right corner of the main interface of AudFree Spotify Music Converter and it will start to download added Spotify files and convert them to MP3 at the same time at 5X fast speed. Once the converting process finishes, you can locate Spotify MP3 songs on destination folder.
Congratulations, you get Spotify local files successfully. You can store these audio files to your USB drive and then copy and paste them to your Chromebook local drive. After that, you can start listening to Spotify music on Chromebook without Internet connection.
In Conclusion
We have introduced 3 ways to get Spotify on Chromebook. Which method suits you best? The last method using the AudFree Spotify Music Convertere could be a little complicated than using Spotify Web Player. But it allows Chromebook users to enjoy Spotify files on Chromebook offline with just a Spotfy free account, save you from all sorts of streaming problem.
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