Spotify previously announced it would allow you to download music to Apple Watch and the feature has started to roll out to users.
There has clearly been a movement in how Apple deals with third-party music services on Apple Watch asDeezer announced downloads recently, too.
Now if you’re a Spotify user you no longer need your phone to listen to music offline - perfect for those of us who love the Apple Watch but use Spotify instead of Apple Music.
Spotify says the feature has been “highly requested” and the equivalent provision has also beenannounced for Wear OS.
The Spotify app on Apple Watch is rolling out to all users globally, says Spotify. You will need Apple Watch Series 3 or later, with watchOS 6.0 or later (though Spotify recommends 7.1+= or later).
Before recently, the only way to download music to the watch was via Apple’s own Music app either via the Apple Music streaming service or loading music onto the watch from the phone with the Watch app. You could also sync Podcasts using the Apple Podcasts app, too.
As you’d expect you need aSpotfiy Premium/Duo/Family accountto take advantage of the ability to download albums, playlists or podcasts to the watch.
To download you will need a cellular connection or Wi-Fi and a Spotify Premium account. Also make sure you are also running the latest version of Spotify on your iPhone.
What else can Spotify for Apple Watch do?
As before, you’re still able to use your Apple Watch to control playback from other devices using Spotify Connect.
And the Apple Watch app can still stream music as before, too as well as work with Siri - just say “Hey, Siri” followed by your command to play your favorite songs, artists, albums, playlists, and podcasts, for example: “Hey, Siri, play my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify.”
you may also “like” music, ask what’s currently playing, and control things like volume, skip track, play, and pause.
You do need to end Be sure to end each command with “on Spotify” so Siri doesn’t try and do the command with Apple Music.
