Apple Watch Now Downloads Offline Music From Spotify

Audio streaming platform, Spotify has announced that it’s adding the ability to download playlists, albums and podcasts on Apple Watch to play offline.

Users on the streaming platform will be able to stream audio in 96kbps, add and delete Spotify content on their phones and sync with the Watch.

“Being able to download music and podcasts complements the existing feature of being able to stream your favorites from the watch, and now you don’t even have to take your phone with you,” the company said in its news release.

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The company added the ability to stream music using an Apple Watch in November, before then, the Apple Watch only worked as a remote for Spotify music playing on an iPhone or other Spotify Connect compatible device. Spotify first launched its Apple Watch app in 2018.

A Spotify Premium subscription is required and the offline feature will be available starting Friday on Apple Watch Series 3 or later running WatchOS 6.0 or later, with WatchOS 7.1 and up recommended. Spotify Premium memberships range from N 4,120.88 ($9.99) per month for a single account, up to N 6,595.88 ($15.99) per month for a family plan. There’s also N 2,058.38 ($4.99) per-month student account option available.

Also, theverge reported that Spotify said it was launching a new feature to allow Google’s Wear devices to download music and listen offline this week, without needing an accompanying phone. It hasn’t been released yet, but it’s in the works, the company’s product lead for wearables said during Google’s developer keynote on Tuesday.