Choose a desired time limit for the podcast to keep playing until it turns off.

Next, tap on the Sleep timer button (moon-shaped icon) located on the right-most side of the playback controls. Once the episode is playing, tap on the podcast strip at the bottom to enlarge it into full screen. Find the podcast episode to listen to by tapping the Search button, looking up the title or locating it on the Spotify content feed on the app's main page. Launch the Spotify app on either an iPhone or Android to access the sleep timer while listening to podcasts. Related: Spotify Wrapped: How To Find Your Audio Aura & What It MeansĪccording to Engadget, the Spotify sleep timer has been a highly requested user feature since 2012 and was only implemented for Android and iOS devices in 2019. Users have the option to set the sleep timer to activate in different minute increments that range between 5 minutes to an hour or have it set to quit once a music track or podcast episode that they love has reached the end. The way to get to the function for each audio type, though, is a bit different. The Spotify sleep timer works for both music and podcast content.

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