# Spotify - sharing an account

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [February 21, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879 "2024-02-21T13:16:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879/1 "2024-02-21T13:16:14Z")

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I have a Spotify premium individual plan. If I am driving and listening in my vehicle, and my spouse loads Spotify at home, my music stops. I get that.

A while ago I tried the family plan, but I could not figure out how to coordinate two people listening to two different playlists simultaneously, so I dropped it.

I now see that they offer a “duo” plan, which is a premium plan for two people. I’m not sure how it works, how you keep the music separate. Does anyone have experience with this?

Thanks for any input you have,

mmm

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879/2 "2024-02-21T14:05:27Z")

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The duo plan allows two people to use Spotify simultaneously under the same subscription, but they still have separate accounts with separate login credentials. So each of the two users can search for content independently, manage their own playlist, etc.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879/3 "2024-02-21T14:37:35Z")

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My wife and I have the Duo plan. I was a subscriber, she wasn’t, then I added her to my Duo plan. Nothing at all changed (two separate accounts with their own lists, etc) except that it’s cheaper to bundle the two accounts than to have two independent solo subscriptions.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879/4 "2024-02-21T14:46:00Z")

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So, the two of you can listen to their own Spotify at the same time, correct?

mmm

ETA: Actually, I see that @Schnitte already answered this.

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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-sharing-an-account/997879/5 "2024-02-21T16:22:38Z")

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Spotify has an offline option. If you’ve downloaded/synced music you want to listen to and are in offline mode, you can continue to listen to it if another using the shared account starts playing music. I’m not sure if that violates their EULA or T&C, so read up if you want to try this.