Unlike video streaming, Music Streaming doesn’t require much bandwidth and almost every internet connection nowadays is fast enough to let you stream without any issue.

For most of the streaming services speed of 500 Kbps or 0.5 Mbps is enough to keep your music and tunes rolling. For a single device, that is enough, however, for multiple devices, you will need more speed.

Music-Streaming
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Some streams also have offline options which allow you to download songs via the internet for one time and then listen to it afterward without internet.

You will see below that instead of high internet speed that you require to stream videos online, you will need really low internet speed to stream music.

Each Music Streaming Service has its own speed recommendations which are mentioned below.

How much Speed do Audio Streaming Services need?

Apple Music

Recommended Speed: 256 Kbps (0.256 Mbps)

Google Play Music

Recommended Speed: 320 Kbps (0.320 Mbps)

Amazon Music

Recommended Speed: 500 Kbps (0.5 Mbps)

Deezer

Recommended Speed for Deezer Premium+: 320 Kbps (0.320 Mbps)
Recommended Speed for Deezer Elite: 5 Mbps
Recommended Speed Multiple Deezer Elite Streams: 10 Mbps

Spotify

Mobile

Recommended Speed for Normal Quality: 96 Kbps (0.096 Mbps)
Recommended Speed for High Quality: 160 Kbps (0.160 Mbps)
Recommended Speed for Extreme Quality: 320 Kbps (0.320 Mbps)

Desktop

Recommended Speed for Standard Quality: 160 Kbps (0.160 Mbps)
Recommended Speed for High Quality: 320 Kbps (0.320 Mbps)

Pandora

Recommended Minimum Speed: 150 Kbps (0.150 Mbps)
Recommended Minimum Speed for Higher Quality: 300 Kbps (0.300 Mbps)

Groove

Recommended Minimum Speed: 64 Kbps (0.064 Mbps)
Recommended Minimum Speed for Best Quality: 384 Kbps (0.384 Mbps)

napster

Recommended Speed for Good Streaming: 64 Kbps (0.064 Mbps)
Recommended Speed for Better Streaming: 192 Kbps (0.192 Mbps)
Recommended Speed for Best Streaming: 320 Kbps (0.320 Mbps) 

SoundCloud

Recommended Minimum Speed: 128 Kbps (0.128 Mbps)

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