With an overabundance of streaming services everywhere on the internet, with none of them offering something special, the Swedish music streaming service created a vibration by launching its service in India. With the premium subscription of Spotify not priced very high, most incumbent music streaming services reduced their subscription prices to thrive in the market and be a step ahead in the race of streaming services in India. Keeping this aspect apart, one thing I don’t like about most streaming services is the limit of downloading music or podcasts or make them offline by keeping the downloaded data on the internal storage.
I understand, most manufacturers ditch the SD Card slot on their flagship models or provide hybrid slots, which somehow limit the ability to insert an SD Card. But not every user of Spotify is a flagship user, and some users even use the SD Card only for keeping media files. With most streaming services not having the option to download the music and streaming data to the SD Card, it can demotivate them from switching to streaming services and stick to pirated music content on SD Cards. But fortunately, the provision to use SD Card for downloading music and podcast content to SD card is available on Spotify.
So without further delay let’s get started with how you can use SD Card or external storage as the default storage for your Spotify streaming music player. Spotify premium download issues.
Spotify, as the one of the most popular music streaming services which provide million of of music, also offers thousands of podcast which classified into Lifestyle, News, Comedy, Science, Sport & Recreation, and more, thus you can find and play directly from the app or download. Launch Spotify desktop client. Click the 'Browse' menu from the left side bar and then click 'PODCASTS' on the pop up window.
The steps to follow
Step 1: Open ‘Spotify’ and tap on the ‘Settings’ gear icon. If you can’t find it, make sure you are in the ‘Home’ tab.
Step 2: Now scroll down to the end of the settings menu in Spotify to tap on ‘Storage’. It should be the second last option just on the top of ‘Log out’.
Step 3: Here you will find two options namely ‘Device storage’ and ‘SD card’. Tap on ‘SD card’ if it isn’t ticked by default.
Step 4: Now Spotify will ask for your permission to transfer all your music data to the SD card. Just tap on ‘OK’ to confirm this action.
This process will take some time depending upon the size of the data present in your device storage. If you have a lot of downloaded songs, the process will take quite some time.
Step 6: Wait for the process to be complete, and Spotify will restart on completion of the process. After Spotify restarts, follow the same steps and go to ‘Settings’. You will find, ‘SD card’ is selected as the default storage device, as shown below.
All the Spotify files will now be located in ‘SD CardAndroidDatacom.spotify.music’. But don’t try opening the files, as that will go in vain.
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Occasionally, you'll need to manually add a podcast to your app.
Most podcast players include a directory of podcasts that allow you to search and find the show you want. But, if you need to add a private podcast feed or a podcast that hasn't submitted their feed to Apple, Google, or Spotify for indexing, you'll need to do it yourself.
Note: this article is intended for podcast listeners. If you're a podcaster looking to submit your podcast to directories, follow these guides.
You can't currently manually add podcast RSS feeds to these apps:
- Spotify
- Stitcher
- Castbox
- Google Play
- Google Podcasts
- iHeartRadio App
How to manually subscribe to a podcast
Copy the podcast's feed URL to your clipboard. You'll also find this on a podcast's web page. Here's an example from The Bigs podcast:
How to add RSS feed in Apple Podcasts (iOS)
- Click the Library icon (bottom of the screen).
- Click the 'Edit' link in the upper-right hand corner.
- Click 'Add a Podcast by URL.'
- Paste in the podcast's RSS feed.
Apple Podcasts is automatically included on your iPhone.
How to add RSS feed in Overcast (iOS)
- Click the '+' symbol in the upper-right hand corner.
- Click 'Add URL' in the upper-right-hand corner.
- Paste in the podcast's RSS feed.
How To Download Podcasts On Spotify Android
You can download Overcast here.
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How to add RSS feed in Pocket Casts (iOS and Android)
- Click 'Discover' at the bottom of the screen.
- Paste in the podcast's RSS feed in the search tab (and click 'Enter').
- Click Subscribe.
Download Pocket Casts here.
How to add RSS feed in Podcast Republic (Android)
- Click the three dots in the upper-right-hand corner.
- Click “Add Podcast” and paste in the podcast's RSS feed.
- Click 'Find Podcast.'
Download Podcast Republic.
How to add RSS feed in Podcast Addict (Android)
- Click the '+' symbol in the upper-right-hand corner.
- Click “Add RSS Feed” and paste in the podcast's RSS feed.
- Click 'Add.'
Download Podcast Addict.
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