"How to embed Spotify in Notion without preview?" Notion is an all-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, databases, and collaboration. While Spotify is one of the world's leading music streaming platforms. Embedding Spotify into your Notion pages can elevate your productivity space as it lets you play your favorite Spotify music or podcasts without switching tabs.
In this guide, we'll show you a step-by-step tutorial on how to add Spotify to Notion, whether it's a playlist, album, track, or podcast. Let's go.
Part 1. Why Add Spotify to Notion
Before diving into the detailed steps to embed Spotify in Notion, let's learn the reasons why you want to do that. Please check them below.
1. By embedding Spotify playlist to Notion, you can add a visual element to your Notion pages. So, your pages will be more engaging and pleasing.
1. You can boost focus with curated study or work playlists.
2. You can create mood boards with matching soundtracks.
3. By adding Spotify music to Notion, you can share music or podcast links with friends or coworkers.
4. You can organize your Spotify music content for creative projects (e.g., writing a novel with a mood playlist).
5. You can directly play Spotify music within Notion, without opening the Spotify app.
Part 2. How to Embed Spotify in Notion on Mobile/Desktop
Now, you may want to know how to connect Spotify to Notion. No worries. This part is here to show you how to do that step by step.
Section 1. Copy Spotify Playlist/Track/Album/Podcast/Artist Embed Code or Link
Step 1. Open the Spotify app or Spotify web player on your mobile or desktop device.
Step 2. Log in to your Spotify account and find the song, playlist, album or podcast that you want to embed into Notion.
Step 3. Hit on the three dots icon > Share.
Step 4. Choose Embed track / Embed playlist or album.
Step 5. In the pop-up window, hit on Copy to get the embed code. Also, you can check the Show code box to view the detailed code.
Section 2. How to Embed Spotify into Notion
Once you have the Spotify music's code or link, you can head to put it on Notion's page. Follow the steps below.
On Windows or Mac Computer:
Step 1. Go to your Notion page that you want to embed the audio content and touch any place on the page. Then type '/embed', press Enter, and you will get an Embed block in the page.
Step 2. Choose Embed and insert the copied Spotify code in the text box and press Embed link or Enter.
On Android or iOS Device:
Step 1. Start the Notion app and open the target page you want to add Spotify audio content.
Step 2. Hit on the + icon at the menu bar and choose embed.
Step 3. Put the Spotify music link into the text box and hit Embed link.
After that, the Spotify audio content will be embedded into your Notion page for playback. You can see the Notion Spotify widget and just click the Play button to start enjoying music. By the way, you can resize the widget if needed.
View also:
How to Get Spotify Mini Player
Note: You need to log in to your Spotify account to play the embeded music files. Besides, you can only listen to the first 30 seconds of Spotify audio due to Spotify and Notion's restrictions.
Part 3. How to Embed Spotify in Notion without Preview
That is how to get Spotify on Notion via embed code or shareable link. However, you can only listen to a limited-time Spotify audio content within Notion. So, what to do if you want to access a whole track? It is easy. You can convert Spotify for Notion and add Spotify to Notion via importing audio files option as Notion allows users to upload music files. It supports input audio formats like MP3, WAV and OGG.
To make it, AudFree Spotify Music Converter is a nice helper. We know that Spotify music files are protected, which can't be used directly on other platforms. This tool is designed to break this limitation and save Spotify music as local audio files for use anywhere. It supports to download and convert tracks, podcasts, albums, and playlists from Spotify to MP3 or other common formats in batches at a fast speed. Besides, it will keep the original sound quality and ID3 tags of Spotify music content.
Section 1. How to Convert Spotify for Notion
- Step 1Launch AudFree SpoDable and import Spotify playlist
- First, download and install AudFree Spotify Music Converter for Mac or Windows. Then launch it and you will get the built-in Spotify web player interface, which allows you to import music for conversion directly. To access Spotify music library, please log in to your music account. Then tap the audio content that you want to convert, click on the "+" icon and hit 'Add to list' to load the Spotify playlists, albums or else.
- Step 2Customize output format and parameters for Spotify Notion
- Click on the "Menu" icon and choose the "Preferences" option to open a new window. Later, pick up the Conversion option and go to reset the audio format and other parameters like sample rate, bit rate, channel, etc. Also, you can check the Save lyrics box to download Spotify music with lyrics. Next, tap OK to apply the settings before converting.
- Step 3Download and convert Spotify music for Notion
- Now, click the "Convert" button in the Converting window to let AudFree begin the conversion process. Once converted, your converted Spotify playlist can be found in the "Converted" section in the AudFree tool. And you can tap the folder icon to locate them from your computer's local disk.
Section 2. How to Add Spotify to Notion
With the steps above, you get the local Spotify audio files. In this section, let's learn how to add Spotify playlist to Notion for full listening.
Step 1. Start the Notion app from your computer and open a page that you want to put Spotify music in.
Step 2. Hit on the + icon > Audio and press Enter. Also, you can type /audio and press Enter.
Step 3. Pick up Upload from the menu. Then choose the target local Spotify music files from your computer. Or, you can drag and drop the audio file into Notion page from your computer.
Later, Notion will load and convert the files to its audio player automatically. After that, you can listen to full song from Spotify on Notion.
Part 4. FAQs about Spotify to Notion
Q1: Why Is Notion Spotify Embed Not Working and How to Fix?
A: That will be due to the change in Spotify's Embedding feature, your playlist is not public, change in the iFrame tag of Spotify embed code, weak network connection, or you have enabled browser extensions or ad blockers. So, you can check and add the Spotify embed code to Notion again, reconnect to a strong internet connection, refresh the web browser, update the Notion app or reinstall it.
Q2: Why Can I Only Play a 30-second Preview of Spotify Song in Notion?
A: This is due to the restrictions on Notion and Spotify. You can only preview Spotify music even if you have a Spotify free or premium account.
Q3: What Types of Spotify Content Can Be Embedded into Notion?
A: You can embed playlists, albums, single tracks, podcasts, artists, and shows from Spotify to Notion.
Q4: Why Can't I See the Spotify Notion Widget on Mobile?
A: The Spotify widget may not render properly in the Notion mobile app. It might just show as a link or display limited functionality. The Notion Spotify widget works best on Notion desktop app or web browser on desktop.
Part 5. In Conclusion
Adding Spotify playlist to Notion is a simple yet powerful way to personalize your workspace and it also directly helps you stay motivated and inspired. Now that you know how to do it, head over to your Notion and try it out! However, you can only access a limited Spotify songs in Notion page. To bypass this limit, we recommend you use AudFree Spotify Music Converter to convert Spotify to Notion-compatible audio files first. Then you can upload and import Spotify audio files into your Notion page for full playback with ease.
Charles Davis
Chief Editor
