A lector , Chris , spell us yesterday with a very right question about streaming medicine religious service :
“ … what I want to know is , how do they compare when it come to information employment ? How does Google ’s compression compare to Pandora , or Spotify , or the Amazon musician ? fetid playlist and mood euphony is all well and good , but how much of my 4g / mo are they going to exhaust ? ”
Good interrogation ! Burning through your monthly data point detonator on your smartphone is a pain sensation in the ass , and your music teem app is believably hangdog of some serious harm . But just how much is data is your app using ?
The amount of data your service jaw up depends on the timbre background . For Beats Music , Spotify , and Google Play Music , a gamy - quality watercourse maxes out at 320kbps . ( Not all tracks are available at that high quality , but most are . )
Pandora is the only freehanded mainstream Robert William Service we could see that does n’t declare oneself 320kbps current . In fact , on mobile it maxes out at 64kbps . Lower quality current obviously use way less data .
So what does that mean in terms of your data program ? 320kbps pace translate to 2.40 Bachelor of Medicine per minute of audio or 115.2 MB per 60 minutes . So if you were to rain cats and dogs music for an entire eight hour employment daytime , you ’d burn through nearly 1 G . If you have a 2 GB cap like I do , then this is not an advisable splurge !
Here ’s a equipment failure of a numeral of the most popular service .
Beats Music
Standard quality : 64kbps
High character : 320kbps
Spotify
Normal quality : 96 kbps
High calibre : 160kbps
Extreme quality : 320kbps
Google Play Music
Three caliber configurations , with a maximum of 320kbps .
Pandora
maximal rate is 64kbps ( adjusts mechanically depending on your connection ) .
That ’s not every divine service ( Apple does n’t publish a spec for iTunes Radio , but it gives you an idea for how much data point these service chomp : 320kbps at the top conclusion , 64kbps/128kbps at the low end . )
as luck would have it , you ’ve got option music devotee . T - Mobileoffersfree streaming music for Pandora , Spotify , iHeartRadio , and iTunes Radio . But to conserve the most data for Arabian tea videos , download track while you ’re connected to Wi - Fi .
Remember , if you have questions , tips , interrogation , concerns , you may always drop us a line at[email protected ] .
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