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This secret Spotify trick

will turn you into literal DJ
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“Wait, how did you do this?” —everyone at your pre-game

B y M I A L A R D I E R E

to be rich, but you do need to know
have how
don’t to STEP 1

You press Open Spotify on your
phone and make sure
you’re on the Home
page. Tap the Settings
wheel in the top right
buttons.
corner of your screen.

Nothing makes a Recently played
party more awkward
than that two-second STEP 2
break between Click Playback and
songs. One moment move the Gapless
Playback slider to green.
you’re having a
Do the same thing to
private convo about Automix to smooth out
your friend who’s in song transitions.
the bathroom, the
next you’re scream- Os 12s
Gapless Playback
outing her UTI. Lucky
Automix
for (both of) you, Allows smooth transitions between songs in a playlist.
this hack seamlessly
flows playlist tracks STEP 3
into each other, Customize how long the
songs overlap by moving
closing the gap and the Crossfade slider to
making you a Paris- the right. If you choose
level DJ. And just six seconds (my personal
pref), the last six seconds
like that, you’re
of the first song blend
headlining in Ibiza*. with the first six seconds
of the next. If you want
*Ticket to Ibiza not an extremely dramatic
included.
mix, slide the button all
the way to 12.

Crossfade
Os 12s

GET T Y IM AGES.

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