Up to 200MB monthly data usage while 'Download using cellular' is off. What does Spotify download?

[Coli]

I use Spotify (Premium) every day. Settings:

• Offline mode deactivated
• Download using cellular: off

That should mean that Spotify downloads tracks only on WiFi, which seems to be te case.

When I consult my Data usage per app (Android 6 on Nexus 5), I see that Spotify uses up to 200MB per month.

What justifies this amount ?

Album images surely don't need that much data.

What does Spotify dowload/upload ?

[Daniel]

Do you listen to streaming music at all?

[Coli]

No streaming at all with the app.

At least I suppose... I haven't switched on the option 'Download using cellular' for months.

[Daniel]

That setting is only applied for tracks saved for offline listening. If you are searching for and streaming music then you will use data.

[Coli]

Since your (Daniel's) last post I've been careful to not stream any music at all. I've used the Spotify Android app only to listen to music that had been downloaded using WiFi. And I already get about 86MB of mobile data used by Spotify within 2 weeks !

Am I really the only one having this behaviour ?

[Daniel]

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@Coli wrote:

Since your (Daniel's) last post I've been careful to not stream any music at all. I've used the Spotify Android app only to listen to music that had been downloaded using WiFi. And I already get about 86MB of mobile data used by Spotify within 2 weeks !

Am I really the only one having this behaviour ?

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I recommend you contact Spotify Support using the form here.

You will get an automated reply at first, however if you need to chase them just reply to the email as it does get monitored.

[paulochf]

No, you are not.

I've been watching this issue since several months ago.

2 ways to stop it are:
1) restricting background usage
2) going offline mode while using cell data