Spotify Prepares Bulk Lossless Redownload and Music Playback Speed Controls

Spotify is working on a couple of new features that give users more control over how they manage and play their music: Lossless Bulk Redownload and Music Playback Speed Controls. Both are currently hidden inside the app’s code, meaning you cannot experience them at the moment.

Spotify could finally address its lossless download problem

Spotify’s recently introduced lossless audio offers higher sound quality compared to standard streaming options. You can also choose this option when downloading songs for offline playback, in addition to existing quality levels like low, normal, and high. However, the problem is that switching to lossless only affects future downloads. This means the already downloaded songs remain in their original quality.

As a result, you need to manually delete and redownload each song in the higher-quality tier. This becomes difficult if you have a large music library downloaded earlier, but now want to upgrade it to lossless. Thankfully, Spotify aims to address this issue. Folks over at Android Authority spotted code for a Bulk Redownload feature within Spotify version 9.1.48.148 on Android.

The feature description reads: “Update your existing downloads to the audio quality you’ve selected.” This suggests that you should be able to upgrade all downloaded songs in one go in lossless quality. Other strings indicate that when you use the tool, you may see warnings about storage and data impact.

Playback speed controls may expand to music

Meanwhile, the outlet also discovered evidence of song playback speed controls on Spotify. As of now, this option is available for podcasts, but it may soon expand to music as well. This means you will be able to adjust the speed of songs. While the speed range is unclear, it could be similar to podcast controls (from 0.5x to 3.5x). Whether this feature will be available to both free and Premium users remains to be seen.

Currently, there is no release timeline for Lossless Bulk Redownload and Music Playback Speed Controls. However, their presence in the app’s code suggests they may not be far off.