How to adjust playback speed on Mac Desktop?

[tonydube]

Country

USA

Device

Macbook Pro, 13-inch, M2, 2022

Operating System

macOS

My Question or Issue

I'm not sure if I am just completely missing it- but can't seem to find a way to change the playback speed in the Spotify app for macOS. I'm on a Premium Family account.

I looked in the Now Playing bar, settings, etc. In images from the web I usually see it as a button with a 1x label to the left of the playback buttons. I don't seem to have it.

I noticed that this song sounded oddly slow, then realized I couldn't find the speed control.

[dinomight · Accepted solution]

Hey @tonydube, welcome to the community, and thanks for your post! The playback speed controls you mentioned are currently only available for podcasts. If you start playing a podcast episode, you should see the 1x label appear as you described. That said, this shouldn't have any effect on music tracks. Are you noticing playback speed issues with other tracks, or is it just that one? Also, are you able to test if it sounds the same on the Spotify mobile app or in the web player?

[tonydube]

Thanks for the information. Not sure how or why it seemed to be playing in maybe 0.8x speed. The effect is now gone after a reboot, strange. Have a great day!

[tonydube]

Turns out it is my Razer Kraken headphones. Started happening again, and switching output sources and back fixes it (temporarily). Weird!

[dinomight]

Definitely strange, but I'm glad you were able to narrow down the source of the issue! Thanks for following up.

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@tonydube wrote:

Turns out it is my Razer Kraken headphones. Started happening again, and switching output sources and back fixes it (temporarily). Weird!

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[Cbelle]

Hello!
I am a musician and would like to slow down the speed of a music track in spotify desktop (apple).  Is this possible?  It is possible on YouTube but I prefer to use spotify.  I have Spotify premium account.  Thank You!

[dinomight]

Hey @Cbelle, welcome to the community, and thanks for your question! No, this is not currently possible in Spotify. I did check over in the ideas board, and there's a currently active idea that has been marked as something that Spotify has no plans to implement at the moment, but continued votes and comments are welcome, and there's always a chance this could be revisited in the future!