There's a hidden feature in Spotify that makes your music sound better

Antonio Villas-Boas/Tech Insider

Spotify introduced an equalizer feature to both its Android and iOS mobile apps back in 2014, and it lets you customize the way your music sounds.

Depending on your favorite music genre, the default settings for bass, mids, and/or treble might make your music sound flat and lifeless, even if you're using a good pair of headphones.

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In fact, good headphones tend to reproduce flatter sound so that you can adjust the bass, mids, and treble levels to your liking.

The setting can be hard to find, so here's where to find the equalizer in Spotify and how to use it:

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