Having a smart TV opens a lot of great things for every viewer. In a smart TV or an Android one, you are very much capable of watching your favorite shows, movies, or series, play games, and even stream your favorite Spotify music. In this article, we will be focusing more on the easiest ways to stream Spotify music on Android TV.
In terms of playing music, Android TV actually supports numerous music streaming services. You can have Pandora and of course Spotify. Both actually are known to be amazing streaming services that offer millions of high-quality songs from different artists under different genres.
If you have been using the Spotify application for quite some time now and you happened to have your own account created with existing amazing playlists, knowing how to have those streamed on your Android TV at home would surely be beneficial. So to find out more, let us begin the explanation now.
Contents Guide Part 1. How To Stream Spotify Music On Android TV Via Spotify ConnectPart 2. Using Spotify Music Converter To Stream Spotify Music On Android TVPart 3. Transferring the Converted Songs To Android TVPart 4. To Sum It All
In this article, we will be discussing two easy and simple ways on how we can stream Spotify music on Android TV. The first one would be focusing on how to do it with the aid of Spotify Connect. If you would like to know about this method, then keep on reading.
Since Android televisions already support the Spotify application, it has been made easier for every premium account user to play their favorite songs on their smart TVs. You just need to have a subscription to avoid the interruptions such as advertisements while playing your most loved Spotify music.
Since there a lot of Android TVs out there with different versions created by different manufacturers, there is a way to check if what you currently have supports the Spotify application. Just for added information, to check, you can head to your Android TV’s app store then key in “Spotify” in the search bar. If you can have it installed, then your TV supports the application.
Tip: If your Android TV does not support the application, nothing to worry about. You can use a soundbar or streamer which supports this Spotify Connect for streaming.
Spotify has been so great for it offered this Spotify Connect as one feature for its users. In using this, you can be able to listen to any song using your home speakers, your Android TV of course, and many other devices. Here are the basic steps to be completed to further proceed with streaming.
If you need further details about each step, here are those.
Of course, you need to make sure that the Spotify application has been downloaded and installed on your Android TV. As initially mentioned, you can have the application on your television by heading to your Google play store and searching for it. You can just hit the “Install” button alongside the text to proceed. Once downloaded, you can just sign in using your Spotify credentials – username and password, to continue.
The next thing that you would do it to proceed with logging in to Spotify Connect. You can have it utilized and be able to stream your favorite Spotify playlists by just using your mobile phone, tablets, or any other devices you have which can support the process.
In this step, you need to ensure that both your Android TV and the device to use as a controller has been connected to the same WiFi network. Now, once ensured, head to your device’ Spotify application, choose a song you want to listen to, and hit the “Devices Available” which you will see on the screen. You just need to select your Android devices among the available ones and finally stream all those favorite playlists of yours!
Finally, we are done discussing the first way to stream Spotify music on Android TV, and that is via Spotify Connect. We are now ready to proceed with the discussion of the next one.
Although you can listen to songs on your Android TV even if you are a free user or a premium account user, surely, if you happened to be a free user, you still wanted an uninterrupted listening experience.
And, the only way to do it is to have the Spotify songs downloaded and saved on your device. How are you to do it given that you are aware that Spotify songs are DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected?
Of course, you need the help of a software application to do that. DumpMedia Spotify Music Converter is here to help you. Let us know more about this tool.
DumpMedia Spotify Music Converter is a tool developed and created by DumpMedia. This software application has the ability to transform or convert your favorite Spotify songs to any format you want. It supports a lot including the most used and most popular including MP3, WMA, WAC, AAC, FLAC, and many more.
In addition to this, during conversion, the removal of DRM (Digital Rights Management) protection will also be done. This means that you can have those songs streamed and played in other devices easily without having to worry about whether the songs will play or not.
The steps are actually quite easy. Here are those.
Let us look into these steps further.
Of course, the first thing you need to do is to have this DumpMedia Spotify Music Converter downloaded and installed on your personal computer. Once done, just open and launch the program to start as well as your Spotify application.
You can begin adding the files by performing dragging and dropping or even adding just the file’s URL (link). This program supports batch conversion which makes it possible to convert not only a file but a number. Converting a lot at a time is not an issue.
Upon importing and uploading the songs to be converted, the next step would be the selection of the output format. Make sure that you will choose any format you desire among those that you will be seeing on the screen. In this case, we ought to convert the songs to a format that has been generally supported by numerous media players.
You can have the songs converted to MP3 format or any other formats mentioned in the first paragraph of this part as long as supported by your Android TV. You can do this by heading to the “Convert All Tasks To” button located at the top right corner of the screen.
The last step would be hitting the “Convert” button to begin the conversion process. This will only take some time since the program is designed to function five times faster than any other converters. While conversion is being done, status bars will be shown in the screen wherein you can monitor the progress of the process for each song.
In just a few minutes, all the songs will be downloaded and saved on your personal computer. The only thing you need to know is how you can have those songs transferred on your Android TV for easy streaming. Check out how on the next part.
Once you have all your favorite Spotify songs downloaded and saved on your personal computer, you just need to have those transferred to your Android TV. You can do that by either using a USB drive which you can insert directly on your Android TV or make use of an application named Plex Media Server.
Here are the basic things you need to know in order to use this Plex Media Server for transferring.
Finally, you are now aware of the two ways you can use in order to stream Spotify music on Android TV. You can either utilize Spotify Connect or an amazing third-party software application to do the downloading first.
Upon finishing this post, which do you think if much better? I bet you would love the second option.
