- Then, on your phone or computer, go to www.spotify.com/pair and enter the PIN on your screen. (This option is not available for PS4.) PRO TIP: If you don’t have a Spotify account already, you’ll be able to create one by selecting “SIGN UP” on the app. Both Spotify Free and Premium users can stream Spotify through their PlayStation console and Xbox One.
- PlayStation Music (Spotify) subscriptions will expire on the next payment date after and automatically transition to Spotify Free. To continue enjoying Spotify Premium on PlayStation, please re-subscribe to the service directly through Spotify and link your account using the steps below.
- Even you are a Spotify Free plan user, Leawo Prof. DRM would automatically filter the ads for you. You don’t need to pay extra cash for Premium plan at $9,99 per month. Download and install Leawo Prof. DRM on your computer first. The below steps would let you know how to download Spotify music for PS4.
Today Spotify is launching a special offer for PlayStation Music new-to-Premium listeners: three months of ad-free, offline music for $0.99. This limited-time deal comes hot on the heels of PlayStation’s one-year anniversary with the award-winning digital music service. Fortunately, the answer is positive. Both Premium & Free Spotify users are available to use Spotify songs on PS4. The difference is that Free users have to listen to Spotify tracks online and endure the distractions of ads in music while playing games, just like using Spotify as usual. However, in this article, we are going to introduce an alternative way to link Spotify to PS4 for offline playback without ads interruption.
With the integration of Spotify and PlayStation Music, game lovers can access their Spotify library on PS3 and PS4 consoles. More importantly, the PlayStation Music app enables users to listen to Spotify on PS4 while playing games.
So how to set up Spotify on PS4 for listening to music while gaming? You can get 3 simple but detailed methods in the following parts. What’ more, there is a perfect solution to help you solve the issue of “Spotify not working on PS4”.
Part 1. How to Set Up Spotify on PS4 in 3 Ways
Is Spotify free on PS4? Both Spotify Free and Spotify Premium users are available to listen to Spotify music on PS4 and PS3 console. Please go to the PlayStation Music app on your PS console. Now, here are 3 ways to link Spotify accounts to PlayStation for you to refer to.
Stream Spotify Music to PS4 via Spotify Connect
Step 1. Make sure that your PS4 and other devices are under the same WiFi network. And all your devices and the Spotify app are updated to the latest version.
Step 2. On your desktop or mobile devices, turn on the Spotify app and start playing a song.
Step 3. On the phone, tablet, and other mobile devices, please click the ‘Devices Available’ icon from the bottom of the screen. On the desktop and web player, please hit ‘Connect to a device’ from the bottom-right place.
Step 4. Tap PS4 as your selection and start streaming Spotify songs to PS4.
Log In Spotify Accounts with the Email
Step 1. Open the Spotify app on the PS4 console.
Step 2. Hit ‘LOG IN’ and choose ‘LOG IN WITH EMAIL OR USERNAME’.
Step 3. Input your Spotify email address and password and hit ‘LOG IN’.
Step 4. Browse your Spotify music library and start playing Spotify songs on PS4.
Tips: You can tick the option of LINK ACCOUNTS to bound your Spotify account to PS4 when logging in to Spotify on PS4. Then you will log in to Spotify automatically whenever you log in to the PS4 system on any console.
Pair Spotify with PS4 via a PIN
Step 1. Launch the Spotify app on your PS4 console.
Step 2. Hit ‘LOG IN’ and select ‘LOG IN WITH PIN’.
Step 3. On your computer or phone, please visit www.spotify.com/pair and type the PIN code that shows your console screen.
Step 4. Start to enjoy Spotify music on your PS4.
Quick Way to Listen to Spotify while playing games: PS4 Only
Step 1. Press and hold the PS button on the controller to open the quick menu.
Step 2. Choose ‘Music’ > ‘Spotify’.
Now you can start to play Spotify tracks. You can also skip/pause songs, adjust the volume, etc.
Part 2. Spotify Not Working on PS4: One-click Solved
If you met the problem of “Spotify Not Working on PS4”, here is a mighty workaround that can help to figure out this issue. You might know there is a Media Player in the PS4 connect area. In there, you can play the music that saved in MP3 and M4A file format. That means you can download Spotify music to MP3 or M4A then import them to Media Player on PS4.
But users can’t download Spotify music to M4A or MP3 unless to use an extra Spotify music downloader. That is due to the built-in protection in every Spotify track. To unlock the protection without any quality loss, what you need is the AudKit Spotify Music Converter.
This powerful product is specially designed for Spotify music, being in charge of converting Spotify songs, playlists, albums, podcasts, radios, audiobooks, etc. to the most common-used audio formats. The conversion speed can reach 5X in general condition and faster in a perfect network situation.
Main Features of AudKit Spotify Music Converter
- Support 6 output formats for Spotify like MP3, AAC, M4A, WAV, FLAC, and M4B.
- Fast conversion speed at 5 times and even faster at normal network condition
- No quality or ID3 tags loss in output Spotify music after conversion
- Permit offline listening to Spotify music without Premium
Download and Register for AudKit Spotify Music Converter
Step 1. Download and install AudKit Spotify Music Converter on your PC or Mac.
Step 2. In the auto-opened Spotify app, directly drag a song or playlist to AudKit’s interface.
Step 3. On AudKit’s interface, open the menu tab > ‘Preferences’ > ‘Convert’ to reset output format to MP3 or M4A.
Step 4. Hit the ‘Convert’ button on the bottom-right corner to start conversion.
Step 5. Locate the converted Spotify music files by following the on-screen tips.
Import converted Spotify songs to PS4
Step 1. Plug in a USB flash drive to your computer and copy all converted Spotify files into the USB drive.
Step 2. Insert the USB drive to the USB port on the PS4. Launch the Media Player on your PS4.
Step 3. Browse the Spotify music file from the USB drive. Start to play them via the Media Player.
Now you can make your own playlist on Spotify on PS4. Then listen to Spotify on PS4 while gaming without using PlayStation Music. Those converted Spotify tracks are also ads-free and in high quality.
More Tip: How to Disconnect Spotify from PS4
You can unlink Spotify accounts from here. Just input the info of your PSN account and follow the on-screen guidance.
Spotify Link To Ps4
If you are Spotify Premium users, you also wait until your Premium plan expires. Then sign out of Spotify on your PS4 to disconnect your Spotify account.
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Many people would like to listen to Spotify music on their PS4 console when they are playing games with PS4. Some games even allow people to mute its own background music so as to let users decide their own music while gaming. This would be extremely wonderful for gaming fans. Spotify offers millions of songs, in which there are quite a lot of gaming songs that are suitable for PS4 gaming time.
If you also want to know how to connect Spotify to PS4, or how to listen to Spotify music on PS4 without being disturbed by ads, this guide would be your best helper. It offers multiple solutions on how to connect Spotify to PS4, be it Spotify free or Spotify Premium.
Part 1: How to Connect Spotify to PS4 Directly
As known to all, Sony's PlayStation 4 (PS4) is one of three major video game consoles currently on the market, alongside Microsoft's Xbox One and the Nintendo Switch. It was released in late 2013 as part of the eighth generation of the video game console. With PS4, you could play games of various kinds, watch live streams, play back videos, listen to music, etc.
On the other hand, Spotify is an online digital music, podcast, and video streaming service that gives you access to millions of songs and other content from artists all over the world. You could listen to unlimited music on Spotify, even if you are a free plan user. Spotify offers 2 plans: Free and Premium. The free plan of Spotify allows you to browse and search music you like for free listening, get music recommendations, create music stations, and see what others are listening. However, the free plan forces you to listen to ads every 3 or 4 songs on Spotify. Spotify Premium has all basic features that Spotify Free plan gets, but delivers ads-free listening experience. The Premium plan even allows you to set Spotify music in offline mode for offline listening on up to 3 devices. But you have to pay for the Premium plan at $9.99 per month.
Currently, Sony has launched PlayStation Music for PS4. PlayStation Music is a brand-new music service from Sony, but its exclusive partner is Spotify, meaning you get the convenience of having Spotify on your PlayStation. This also means that you could now play Spotify music on PS4 during gaming. The below steps would show you how to play Spotify music directly on PS4:
1. Download PlayStation Music on your PS4.
2. Start it on your PS4 and then log in through Spotify Connect from your smartphone or tablet's Spotify app.
3. Make sure your device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your PS4 and then open up the Spotify app on your smartphone or tablet.
4. Play a song and tap Devices Available on your mobile device.
5. Select your PlayStation® console from the device picker and start listening.
This is quite easy for you. However, you need to know that if you don’t upgrade to the Premium plan of Spotify, you will hear so many ads every 3 or 4 songs. This will highly decrease the gaming experience. Therefore, we would like to recommend you another way to play Spotify music on PS4 below in different tools.
You could download Spotify music and then transfer the downloaded Spotify music to your PS4. Below content would show you how to download Spotify music with different Spotify music downloader tools.
Part 2: How to Download Spotify Music for PS4 with Prof. DRM
It should be noted that Spotify songs have been DRM protected for long. Therefore, to download Spotify music, you will need Spotify music DRM removal and Spotify music downloader combo. Leawo Prof. DRM is exactly what you need.
Featuring a professional Spotify music downloader inside, Leawo Prof. DRM could help you easily remove the DRM protection and then convert Spotify music to MP3, M4B, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC audio files with high quality. What’s more, it enables you to set the output audio sample, channel and bit rate to maintain the audio quality. Even you are a Spotify Free plan user, Leawo Prof. DRM would automatically filter the ads for you. You don’t need to pay extra cash for Premium plan at $9,99 per month.
Download and install Leawo Prof. DRM on your computer first. The below steps would let you know how to download Spotify music for PS4.
Note: Leawo Prof. DRM needs to read the data from Spotify. Therefore you need to make sure you have Spotify desktop installed and logged in.
Step 1: Add Spotify music to Prof. DRM
Launch Leawo Prof. DRM, and then directly drag and drop songs from Spotify desktop app to this Spotify music downloader.
You could also add Spotify music playlist to Leawo Prof. DRM for downloading. To do this, firstly open the “Converted” tab, click the Spotify icon there, copy and paste the URL of target Spotify music playlist from Spotify into the address bar on Prof. DRM. Then, click “OK” button.
Step 2: Set output format and audio quality
After loading Spotify songs, click the pencil icon on each loaded Spotify song title to set output format and sample rate, bit rate, audio channel. MP3, AAC or FLAC format is recommended since they are accepted by PS4. Then choose either “Apply to All” or “Apply to current” after setting.
Step 3: Set output directory
At the bottom of Leawo Prof. DRM, set output directory in the “Output” box.
Step 4: Start to download Spotify songs
Press the blue “Convert” button at bottom right to start to download and convert Spotify songs for PS4.
When the conversion completes, you could then import the downloaded Spotify music to your PS4 for listening.
With Leawo Prof. DRM, you could easily remove DRM protection from Spotify songs and then convert Spotify songs to MP3, AAC, FLAC, M4A, M4B, AC3 audio for any purpose. Actually, Leawo Prof. DRM is far more than a Spotify music downloader, it’s also an iTunes DRM removal that could remove iTunes DRM, and convert iTunes DRM video, convert iTunes DRM music, convert iTunes and Audible audiobook, an eBook converter that could convert eBooks from Kindle, Kobo and Adobe Digital Edition, etc.
Part 3: How to Download Spotify Music for PS4 with Music Recorder
Leawo Music Recorder is another Spotify music downloader program that could get rid of the Spotify music DRM protection and then convert Spotify music to DRM-free MP3 or WAV audio files for PS4. Different from Leawo Prof. DRM, Leawo Music Recorder downloads Spotify music via recording, and adds music tags to downloaded Spotify music files for better management.
Download and install Leawo Music Recorder. The below steps would show you how to download Spotify music with Leawo Music Recorder.
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Step 1: Set audio source
After launching Leawo Music Recorder, click the microphone icon on the interface. Under the “Audio Source” tab, choose “Record Computer Audio” option.
Step 2: Set output directory
Go to the “General” tab to set output directory for saving the final downloaded Spotify songs. You could also switch the program UI language here.
Step 3: Set output format
Open the “Format” button to choose MP3 Audio as output format from the “Output Format” box since PS4 accepts MP3, and adjust audio settings including Audio Codec, Bit Rate and Sample Rate according to PS4 requirements.
Step 4: Start downloading Spotify music
After setting output format, click the yellow “OK” button to save and exit. Then, click the red button to start recording and open your Spotify software or web app to play the song you want to download. Click the red button again to stop recording.
Note: It’s important to click the recording button before you play back Spotify songs.
Step 5: Modify music tags
During recording, Leawo Music Recorder could automatically download and complete music tags like artist, album, cover, genre, etc. But after recording, you could right click any recording and then choose “Edit” option to manually edit these tags.
With Spotify music downloaded, you could now transfer the downloaded Spotify music to your PS4 through USB drive.
Listen To Spotify On Ps4
As a professional audio recording software program, Leawo Music Recorder could help you record any sound it could capture in and outside of your computer to audio files in different formats. It could help you record online streaming music to MP3, record built-in audio to MP3 or WAV, etc.
Part 4: How to Import Downloaded Spotify Music into PS4
Now, let’s talk about how to import external music to PS4 after we have downloaded Spotify music to local drive for offline listening on PS4. Your PS4™ system can play music files from a USB storage device. You can listen to music in the background without interrupting games, the Internet Browser, or other applications.
1. Use your computer to create a folder called 'Music' on the USB storage device.
2. Copy your music files to the 'Music' folder in USB device.
3. Connect the USB storage device to your PS4™ system.
4. Open library icon in the content area.
5. Select 'USB Music Player' icon in the content area.
6. Select the music you want to play.
Now, you could freely play back downloaded Spotify music on your PS4 in the background without disturbing gaming experience. It should be noted that only FAT and exFAT formatted USB storage devices are supported.
Part 5: Leawo Prof. DRM vs. Leawo Music Recorder
For your convenience and information, we have made a comparison table below to show you the differences of Leawo Prof. DRM and Leawo Music Recorder in a more straight way. Just check them below and choose your desired one.
Leawo Prof. DRM | Leawo Music Recorder | |
Download Spotify songs for PS4 | Yes | Yes |
Remove Spotify DRM protection | Yes | Yes |
Convert Spotify songs to DRM-free audio | Yes. Convert to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, M4B | Yes. Convert to MP3, WAV |
Set output audio profile parameters | Yes | Yes |
Remove DRM from iTunes media | Yes | Yes |
Convert iTunes DRM video, music and audiobook | Yes | Yes, but only iTunes music and audiobook |
Convert DRM Audible audiobook | Yes | Yes |
Convert DRM eBook from Kindle, Kobo and Adobe Digital Edition | Yes | No |
Time required for downloading | Very short | As long as original music |
Automatically complete music tags | No | Yes |
Manually edit music tags | No | Yes |
Obviously, we could know that Leawo Prof. DRM would be better for Spotify music downloading, while Leawo Music Recorder is much better for online music recording like radio recording and streaming music recording. Leawo Music Recorder offers better music management experience, while Leawo Prof. DRM offers better DRM removal and Spotify music downloading experience.