So, you’ve just unboxed your new Chromebook, set it up, and you’re ready to go. You go to install Spotify, and realize that you can’t – Chromebooks only work with web apps, and Spotify’s site even tells you that it’s only compatible with Windows and Mac. Or maybe you’re at work, where you don’t have permission to install new software. Pandora just doesn’t cut it for you, and you’ve already built up some pretty sweet playlists in Spotify at home – but from the looks of it, Spotify doesn’t have a web player yet.
Don’t give up; there’s hope. And yes, Spotify actually does have a web player, but it’s hidden very well and not available on all accounts yet. Luckily, it’s fairly easy to get it up and running pretty quickly – after a long time of trying to figure it out for myself, I finally did, and here’s how.
- First, log in to your account online, and then go to play.spotify.com. If you’re redirected to spotify.com/us, then the web player is not yet activated on your account. Proceed to step 2.
- Click your user name in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and select Account. Click the link to manually enable Facebook on the right hand side of the screen, and follow the instructions to link your Spotify and Facebook accounts. Once you’re done with this, or if your account is already linked to Facebook, proceed to step 3.
- Activate the beta web player using this Facebook link, which will automatically redirect you to the web player.
- Bookmark play.spotify.com. As long as you’re signed in, this URL will take you directly to the Spotify web player, where you can listen to all of your music without having to download a desktop client.
And that’s all there is to it. I’ve personally been playing around with Spotify on my Samsung Chromebook for a while now, and it runs perfectly – even better than Google Play Music. Now, all we need is a Skype web app, and I will officially have no need for my Windows laptop anymore.
Way too much work for something that should be so simple. The Chromebook is Google’s Zune – useless outdated tech nobody is buying.
Nobody buying? It’s an Amazon bestseller.
Thanks for the article. I was excited to figure out a way to make this work. However, I tried every step you mentioned and it’s not working. My FB account is linked to my Spotify account and everything but once I go to play.spotify.com I get a “whoops” page from Spotify. HELP!
Hmmm – try accessing it through the Facebook link in the article. It’s working on my end!
Howdy from Jackson Hole!
Thankx for taking the time to share your discovery. It’s working for me; there’s even a button provided to drag over to the top browser bar.
I’m on my 2nd day using a Samsung 550 Chromebook & loving it. I’ll always keep a MacBook Pro for my AV system & a few technical things, but my old Mac Air was getting so slooooooow I hated using it, and rued buying it’s expensive 3rd battery.
John, if you ever pass thru the Yellowstone/Grand Teton area, I’ll grill you a steak!
Happy Trails!
Haha, I could never pass on a steak!
Dude, you just made my day. This is what i’ve been waiting for…. and to top it off the web player is actually pretty slick. Thanks a bunch. Shalom.
The problem for myself and many others is that at work, Facebook is blocked. Guess we will have to wait patiently…
ha ha-and that’s why theycall it work. i know i’m late in the reply but i’m OLD!
brilliant, worked a treat. I was dying here.
facebook link was sensational
Dear lord, I could cry in thanks to you! Thank you so much!
Thank you it works perfectly and it is very easy. I tried looking on other websites for help, but yours is the only one whose instructions work.
I got this to work on my iPad 2 using iSwifter flash player app. I downloaded ISwifter then when to this page and clicked the the facebook link and wow it works!! It took some trial and error with different browsers, even paid for a browser… but iSwifter was free and was the only browser that worked. all the other browser had desktop changers yet never got it to work
Thank you so much. I’m a spotify junkie and have it on all my devices and pc…thought I would be lost without it on my new chromebook. =)
Discovering the Spotify web player might have meant removing the last thing stopping me from trying out the new Chromebook. Thank you for this!
new chrome book – yay! Can’t install Spotify – gasp!! ugg.
wait, is that a bird? a plane? No! Its John Freml with the awesome save the day Spotify post. Legend – thank you.
Thanks! Hmm – I wonder what my superhero name should be?
hi! Hi keep getting forced into App stor on my iPad! Tip on how I may work my way around this? :s
Sorry, this won’t work on mobile devices. Only desktop browsers.