Spotify now lets you turn off all video

Typically, you simply need your dang music streaming app to play music. Spotify, which has more and more incorporated video features via the years, is lastly giving us the choice to show that mess off. Behold: common video toggles.

Spotify’s video settings management a number of areas. First, the outdated Canvas toggle (videos on the Now Playing screen) remains to be there. However now you will discover two extra switches alongside it. One allows you to management whether or not the app performs music movies. The opposite, “all different movies,” covers video podcasts, vertically scrolling movies and artist clips.

You will discover the controls underneath Settings > Content material and show. When you select your preferences, they will apply universally throughout all platforms. And should you’re a household account supervisor, you possibly can toggle video settings for all members in your plan.

Spotify has more and more leaned on video in recent times. The Canvas video loops arrived again in 2018. Then got here video podcasts in 2020, because the format was having fun with a pandemic-era boom. The platform added music videos in 2024 (although they didn’t arrive in the US till late final 12 months). Then there are artist clips, the 30-second vertical movies the place creators can ship intimate (promotional) messages to their followers.

The corporate claims that over 70 % of its customers say extra video content material would improve their expertise. So, do not be stunned if extra video options arrive sooner or later. Luckily, Spotify acknowledged that sure (maybe older?) customers don’t need or want a TikTok-ified music app.