Spotify could be set to launch two new features, and one could solve a big pain point for lossless fans — but the other is something no one is asking for

Playback speed could be coming to music

News By Rowan Davies published 5 May 2026

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• Spotify could be releasing a 'Bulk Downloads' feature
• This means you won't have to delete and redownload your music to upgrade to offline lossless streaming
• The platform could also be bringing playback speed tools to music

Over the last few weeks Spotify has spoiled us with a number of new tools, and it shows no signs if slowing down any time soon, with two more new features apparently in the pipeline.

In Android Authority’s latest deep dive into the Spotify app, the outlet came across a line of code referring to a ‘Bulk Download’ feature, an upgrade users have wanted for a while, and which could fix a small, yet frustrating problem for many.

As it stands, Spotify allows you to download music for offline playback at five different audio-quality settings; low, normal, high, very high, and lossless. But when the platform unveiled lossless back in September 2025, users noticed that switching your offline download quality to lossless would only apply that change to future downloads, and wouldn't automatically upgrade your existing ones, even though Spotify automatically does this for non-lossless tiers.

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This can be quite a tedious task, especially if you have a rather large library of downloaded music, as you have to remove content from your downloads and then redownload them one by one to upgrade to offline lossless listening.

So the addition of Bulk Downloads would be a welcome improvement, removing this hassle for Premium subscribers who want offline lossless streaming across all the music in their downloads library.

Android Authority also spotted code strings referring to warning notifications for data usage and storage space — and a popular podcast feature that could be on the way for music playback.

Is playback speed for music on the way?

Spotify already lets you change the playback speed for podcasts, and in another teardown Android Authority found code suggesting that you’ll soon be able to change music playback speed too.

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